Communications and Government Relations

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 schools that have trained teachers in the science of reading, exemplified a change of instructional practices, and embodied a school culture that focuses on building skillful, strong readers in kindergarten through grade 3.

NEWS RELEASE 

For Immediate Release: August 9, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will deploy digital learning coaches to 62 schools across the state to help build the capacity of teachers and administrators to use educational technology to improve student outcomes.

NEWS RELEASE 

For Immediate Release: August 3, 2021

NEWS RELEASE 

For Immediate Release: August 2, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. – The Commission on School Accreditation determined today an extreme emergency exists in the Holmes County Consolidated School District (HCCSD) that jeopardizes the safety, security, and educational interests of the children enrolled in the schools in the district. As a result, the Mississippi State Board of Education will consider on August 3 whether to ask Gov. Tate Reeves to declare a state of emergency in the district.

MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release: July 26, 2021

WHO: Commission on School Accreditation (CSA)

WHAT: CSA will meet to determine if an extreme emergency situation exists that jeopardizes the safety, security and educational interests of the children enrolled in the Holmes County Consolidated School District (HCCSD)

WHEN: 10 a.m., August 2, 2021

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release: July 26, 2021

JACKSON, Miss – Due to repeated water leaks and flooding in the Central High School Building (CHS), the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will relocate employees who work in CHS in mid-August.  The move is necessary because the Department of Finance and Administration needs to make extensive repairs to the building. 

NEWS RELEASE 

For Immediate Release: July 15, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) passed two policies that call for all school districts to resume in-person instruction as the primary mode of teaching starting in the 2021-22 school year. The policies set requirements for districts that choose to offer a virtual learning option to individual students and establish standards for virtual learning days.

MEDIA ADVISORY

UPDATE: July 15, 2021 

We are experiencing technical difficulties with the livestream of the Mississippi State Board of Education Meeting. The meeting is being recorded and will be posted later today. 

For Immediate Release: July 9, 2021

WHO: Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE)

NEWS RELEASE 

For Immediate Release: July 1, 2021

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has notified Natchez-Adams School District students, parents and guardians that a recent computer theft at Natchez High School may have compromised personal student information.