NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 9, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Two Mississippi teachers earned national recognition this week as recipients of the 2020 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The mathematics …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted Jan. 20, to add five new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 18 to provide high-quality early childhood education …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: January 19, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is announcing that the 3rd grade reading assessment, which helps determine promotion to the 4th grade, will be administered from April 4-22 …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: January 11, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announces that Mississippi high school students Emily Adcock and Vaibhavi Mahajan will join Sen. Roger F. Wicker and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: January 10, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2020-21 Superintendent’s Annual Report has been released, detailing how Mississippi students, teachers and school leaders continued to …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: January 5, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will hold a public hearing about proposed revisions to the state’s academic standards for social studies at 9 a.m. Jan. 28 at the Mississippi …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: December 29, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the U.S. Department of Education (Department) announced the approval of Mississippi’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan and …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: December 17, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), through its Mississippi Teacher Residency (MTR) program, is awarding $9,886,468 in grants to five universities in the state to cover …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: December 1, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) is seeking applications from high school sophomores to serve as the new high school junior student representative on the SBE Board for …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 17, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Child Nutrition (OCN) is seeking sponsors to operate the 2022 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) throughout the state. The …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 12, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released the fall 2021 assessment for kindergarten readiness. Among the 33,265 kindergarteners tested, 31.8% scored kindergarten-ready …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 8, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) kicks off a series of eight regional literacy meetings across the state for families of students in kindergarten through 3rd grade …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 21, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today released achievement gap data for students who took statewide assessments in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics in the 2020- …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 23, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today statewide results from the 2020-21 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP), which provide the first statewide …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 21, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The U.S. Department of Education today recognized four Mississippi schools among the 325 National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2021. The recognition is based on a school’s overall …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 16, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi ranks 35th in the nation for K-12 achievement in 2021, climbing from 50th in 2013, according to the latest Quality Counts report published in Education Week. The report …
MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: September 1, 2021 WHO: Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) WHAT: The SBE will hold a special-called teleconference meeting to consider approval for emergency procurements for Elementary and Secondary School …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 31, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) invites nominations and applications for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The award is …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 19, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to allow school districts to use hybrid scheduling if needed to minimize the spread of COVID-19. The SBE’s decision was made in …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 10, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has designated seven elementary schools as the state’s first Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Schools (SoR). This recognition is for …
