Senator Hyde-Smith understands the importance of education to ensure a better future for Mississippi children and their ability to be part of an economically-strong state. The Senator believes in the importance of state and local control of public education, while recognizing the role of the federal government to support educational achievement across the country.
Senator Hyde-Smith is also supportive of the significant federal research and development initiatives involving Mississippi institutions of higher learning—work that, among other things, improves American competitiveness, national security and agricultural production.
Local students earn National SkillsUSA Statesman Award
Stone County Enterprise
Local students earn National SkillsUSA Statesman Award
A delegation of students and instructors from Mississippi met with their elected officials in Washington, D.C. to talk about how their career and technical education (CTE) programs have prepared them to be college- and...
Aberdeen High School program sharing in $3.75M in federal funding
Monroe Journal
Aberdeen High School program sharing in $3.75M in federal funding
By Ray Van Dusen
ABERDEEN – Last week, U.S. Senators Cindy Hyde-Smith and Roger Wicker and U.S. Congressmen Bennie Thompson and Michael Guest announced a $3.75 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for...
Pearl River receives $2 million grant for Aviation and Aerospace Workforce Academy
WRJW-AM Picayune
Pearl River receives $2 million grant for Aviation and Aerospace Workforce Academy
Alexx Kennedy
POPLARVILLE, Miss. —The Department of Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced Friday that Pearl River Community College will be awarded a $2 million grant for use in the...