A statewide survey has revealed Mississippi schools are grappling with more than 6,000 vacant positions for teachers, ...

The Vicksburg Warren School District faces a worsening special ed teacher shortage as post-COVID student needs grow and ...

Mississippi public schools reported 6,907 vacant positions this fall, marking a sharp increase in educator shortages statewide, according to new survey results presented Thursday to the State Board of ...

Results from the Mississippi Department of Education’s Teacher Recruitment and Retention Survey show teacher pay at the top ...

Belhaven University has launched a new program to combat Mississippi's persistent elementary teacher shortage. The new program, offered exclusively to Mississippi residents, is completely online and ...

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) presented results of the 2025-26 Educator Shortage Survey and the 2024-25 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Survey to the State Board of Education.

Responses from the state’s public schools show that, as of November, there were 6,907 vacancies among teachers, administrators and school support staff across the state. That’s 1,747 more than last ...

State Auditor Shad White’s office says Mississippi teachers are paid less today than they were during the Great Recession. ...

Abysmally low pay is driving Mississippi’s assistant teacher shortage, State Auditor Shad White said in a report. His office criticizes administrative costs and “outside-of-classroom” spending in the ...

According to the National Education Association, the average Mississippi teacher salary for the 2023-24 school year was $53,704 — the lowest in the country. The Roy Howard Community Journalism ...

Nearly 4,000 teaching positions remain unfilled in Mississippi, hundreds more than last year. The Mississippi Department of Education released results from the latest iteration of its annual teacher ...