NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 18, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – Based on a recommendation by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) approved today a temporary license extension for certain prospective teacher candidates whose first-year special non-renewable license expired. The extension applies to those seeking completion of an...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 18, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The results of Mississippi’s statewide assessment of learning in pre-K and kindergarten show the majority of the state’s youngest students continue to make significant gains during the academic year.  Kindergarteners take a Kindergarten Readiness Assessment in the fall and spring of each school year....Read More