News Items per page 5102550 MDE announces 2024 Mississippi Administrator of the Year, Teacher of the Year Apr 26, 2024 31 Mississippi schools earn the Military Star School Designation for 2024-26 Apr 19, 2024 State Board of Education selects semifinalists for 2024-25 State Board Student Rep Program Apr 18, 2024 State Board of Education names Ginger Tedder as executive director of MSMS Apr 18, 2024 Mississippi doubles preschool enrollment, spending with plans for further expansion, according to 2023 NIEER report Apr 18, 2024 Seven Mississippi high school seniors named semifinalists for 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars program Apr 17, 2024 Six K-6th grade teachers named state-level finalists for 2023-24 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching Apr 17, 2024 MDE announces 2024 Parent of the Year Mar 28, 2024 MDE announces state finalists for 2024 Administrator of the Year, Teacher of the Year Mar 19, 2024 MDE announces two new Schools of Innovation for 2024-25 Mar 7, 2024 State Board of Education approves three new early learning collaboratives to serve pre-K 4-year-olds Mar 7, 2024 Mississippi class of 2023 increases Advanced Placement participation Feb 27, 2024 MDE releases 2023-24 Educator Shortage survey results Feb 15, 2024 North Panola Career and Technical Center wins top prize in national Invent2Prevent contest to combat violence Feb 5, 2024 MDE launches Know Your Child’s Reading Score campaign to assist K-3 parents/guardians Feb 1, 2024 Mississippi’s 2022-23 graduation rate of 89.4% marks all-time high; dropout rate falls to 8.5% Jan 18, 2024 New Site High School, Vancleave Lower Elementary named 2023 National ESEA Distinguished Schools Jan 17, 2024 Three Mississippi teachers receive $25,000 national Milken Educator Award Jan 11, 2024 Mississippi Students Selected for United States Senate Youth Program Jan 10, 2024 State Superintendent’s 2022-23 Annual Report covers Mississippi’s ‘Marathon Achievement’ in public schools during the past decade Jan 2, 2024 Communications and Government Relations 601-359-3515 Staff Services Blogs and Publications Government Relations How To Access Communication Services MDE Brand and Logo Virtual Learning Policies and COVID-19 Guidance Archive Links News Releases 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 Resources Legislative Reports Mississippi State Board of Education Policy Manual