NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  March 28, 2019 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) today approved plans for the Oxford School District to become Mississippi’s newest District of Innovation, bringing the total number of Districts of Innovation to eight. The Oxford School District innovation plan includes a modified district calendar, a...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  March 28, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) added today three new components to the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card, an interactive online tool designed to help parents and communities more easily evaluate schools across the state. The new components include discipline data from the Office of...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  March 28, 2019 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 11 semifinalists for the SBE student representative program, which will begin in the 2019-20 school year. Student representatives will be non-voting members but will provide input on policy decisions that affect Mississippi public schools. In...Read More