The Opioid Crisis and K-12 Schools: Impact and Response
A national webinar hosted by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Safe and Healthy Students and its National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments […]
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MDE Announces 2018 Mississippi Administrator, Teacher of the Year
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and the Office of Teaching and Leading announced that Dr. Howard Savage Jr., principal of Quitman High School in […]
Educator Evolution: Becoming and Being a CTE Teacher Then and Now
By Amanda Gronewold Connections Magazine One hundred years ago, the Smith-Hughes Act was signed, and this federal legislation began shaping career and technical education (CTE) […]
Growing Memorial Funds FFA Scholarships
Clarkdale High School Agriculture Program Service Learning By Gayle Fortenberry and Jessica Smith Connections Magazine Learning to do, doing to learn, earning to live, and […]
Maryville University Online
Maryville University Online has recently created a comprehensive guide for persons with disabilities interested in Higher Education. This guide can be helpful for any student, […]
Externships Fuel Innovation on the Gulf Coast
Mississippi Power Offers Teachers Job-Embedded Training Over the Summer By Kristen Dechert Connections Magazine Most likely, Mississippi Power was not expecting a full-page, single-spaced thank-you […]
MDE Updates Menu of Services for Professional Development
The Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Professional Development is excited to announce an update to its Menu of Services for Spring 2018. These free […]
Taking Life by the Horns and Charging a Bull:Ronald Burton’s Experience from FFA to Professional Rodeo
By Gayle Fortenberry & Jessica Smith Connections Magazine Perseverance. The continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition; steadfastness in doing […]
See Something, Send Something App
The “See Something, Send Something” App was created as a dovetail with the “See Something, Say Something” national campaign that has been established by the […]
High School Students Offered Multiple Pathways to Graduation
By Rosemary G. Aultman, Chair, Mississippi State Board of Education There are no exit exams required for graduation in Mississippi. Yet there seems to be […]