MDE Issues Statement on Forest Hill Band Performance
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: October 6, 2018
JACKSON, Miss. –The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) issued the following statement concerning the Forest Hill High School’s band performance:
Three Mississippi Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Honors
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: October 1, 2018
State Board Delays Consideration of School, District Performance Grades for 2017-18 School Year until October
Mississippi to Launch Interactive Online Report Card to Help Families, Communities Evaluate Schools
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: September 18, 2018
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education today announced the creation of the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card, an interactive online tool designed to help parents and communities more easily evaluate schools across the state. The tool, which includes detailed information about each school and district’s academic performance, will be launched Sept. 20 following the release of the annual school and district letter grades.
Mississippi Expands Number of Nationally Accredited Automotive Technology Programs
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: September 13, 2018
JACKSON, Miss – This school year, close to a third of Mississippi school districts are offering high school students a nationally accredited automotive technology program that will prepare them for direct entry into the workforce.
Regional Meetings for Parents: Strategies to Improve Reading for K-3 Students
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: September 12, 2018
JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education announced today a series of regional meetings across the state for parents of students in kindergarten through grade 3. At the meetings, parents will receive an overview of the state law concerning literacy and assessment, as well as strategies that can be used at home to help student improve their reading skills.
Mississippi Launches ‘Strive for Less Than Five’ Absence Prevention Campaign to Reduce Chronic Absenteeism
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: August 29, 2018
JACKSON, Miss – Mississippi is kicking off Attendance Awareness Month in September with a statewide campaign to promote regular school attendance.
The Strive for Less than Five campaign challenges students to have no more than five absences over the course of the entire school year.
Mississippi High School Diploma and Endorsement Options Communication Toolkit
MDE Announces Lottery for Special Needs Scholarship Program Applications
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: August 27, 2018
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced plans today for a lottery on August 30 to award approximately 47 Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for the 2018-19 school year.
Established by the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act of 2015, the ESA program provides scholarships to parents of students with disabilities who want to remove their child from a public school to seek educational services elsewhere.
State Board of Education Votes to Adjust Baseline Accountability Scores for Schools with a 12th Grade
NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: August 23, 2018
JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to reset the baseline scores for establishing accountability grades for schools that have a 12th grade. The change would address the lack of comparability to growth scores in prior years and would take effect for the 2017-18 accountability results.