NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to temporarily adjust the statewide accountability system so A-F grades for districts and schools and federally required school …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – After a 5o-year career in public education, State Superintendent of Education Carey Wright, Ed.D., will retire on June 30, 2022. The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) appointed Dr …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 1, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi’s graduating class of 2021 achieved a 39.1% qualifying score rate for Advanced Placement (AP) exams, an increase from the previous year's achievement rate of 38.2%. AP …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 1, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today announced the 2022 Mississippi Administrator of the Year (MAOY) is Kara Killough, principal of Northwest Rankin Elementary School in the …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 29, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announces that 48 Mississippi high schools received a prestigious 2021 College Success Award recognition from GreatSchools.org for excelling …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 23, 2022 Tara Denevan, 2022 Mississippi Parent of the Year JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the 2022 Mississippi Parent of the Year is Tara Denevan, a mother of two …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 22, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Mississippi Teacher Residency (MTR) program has extended the program’s application deadline past March 15. The Mississippi State Board of …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved revisions to the Mississippi Perkins V State Plan to include work-based learning as an additional measure of school districts’ …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 12 high school sophomores/rising juniors as semifinalists for the 2022-23 SBE junior representative position. The SBE student …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 18, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved plans for Mannsdale Upper Elementary in the Madison County School District to be Mississippi’s newest School of Innovation and …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 17, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to invite public comment on a temporary adjustment to the statewide accountability system so A-F grades for districts and …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 11, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – A new health and school safety platform will be available at no cost to 135 Mississippi school districts that recently opted to receive the service to create a safer and better learning …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 10, 2022 2022 Mississippi Administrator of the Year Finalists 2022 Mississippi Teacher of the Year Finalists JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the finalists for the 2022 …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 10, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – New high-dosage tutoring services in math and English Language Arts will be available to students in grades 3-12, educators and families at 121 school districts, which includes four …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: February 24, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is investing up to $49 million of its American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III funds in four new …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 18, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will provide 15 new math coaches to 30 K-8 public schools beginning Feb. 22, to provide instructional support to teachers and improve student …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 17, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the 2020-21 school year graduation and dropout rates, which reflect the highest statewide graduation rate of 88.4% and the …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 17, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The State Board of Education (SBE) today voted to approve a $17.6 million grant to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to create a telehealth delivery system within K-12 …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 16, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) expanded its Licensure Call Center Feb. 1, with longer hours and additional customer service representatives to better assist prospective and …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 15, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Applications to the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Mississippi Teacher Residency (MTR) program are now available for aspiring educators seeking a graduate degree in elementary …
