NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 14, 2019 (JACKSON, MS) – The Mississippi Department of Education has been selected as the lead state in a $2,376,010 grant from the U.S. Department of Education for a four-year project to develop and improve ways to measure the progress of English Learner students. The MDE will partner with...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  October 11, 2019 (JACKSON, MS) – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today announced a public-private partnership with The Skills Foundation of Mississippi to encourage Mississippi students to seek high-demand careers, right here in our state. The Skills Foundation, a non-profit formed by a coalition of businesses with the goal...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 9, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the members of the inaugural State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council. The council includes students in grades 11-12 or first year of college to serve as members for a term of two school years. More than 150...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: October 7, 2019 WHO: Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education and district leaders, school board members, teachers, students and community members in A-rated school districts WHAT: Each school district will host a “Celebration of Excellence” event to recognize the achievement of students and teachers WHEN: Week of October 7-...Read More

NEWS RELEASE UPDATED: October 7, 2019   JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced a schedule of visits to recognize all A districts. District leaders, school board members, teachers, students and community members will join Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, at each location.  Statewide, the number of schools and districts...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 27, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released the most recent school- and district-level chronic absence data, which shows that 13.05% of Mississippi students were absent 10% or more of the 2018-19 school year. This is the lowest rate since the MDE has been...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 26, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today recognized three Mississippi schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2019. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. The three schools earning the national distinction...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: September 24, 2019 (JACKSON, MS) – The Mississippi Department of Education announces a series of regional meetings across the state for families of students in kindergarten through grade 3. At the meetings, families will receive an overview of the state law concerning literacy and assessment, as well as strategies that...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 23, 2019 Media Contacts Angela Rutherford 662-915-7625 araines@olemiss.edu Bruce Coffey 804.310.1214 bruce.coffey@readtothem.org JACKSON, Miss. – Starting in October schools across Mississippi will kick off the inaugural year of Mississippi Reads One Book, a statewide family literacy program in which elementary students, families, and schools all read one common novel...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 19, 2019 JACKSON, Miss – School districts will receive state funds, on a reimbursement basis, this school year to help pay for a national career readiness certification exam and advanced courses that lead to college credits. The Mississippi Legislature appropriated $1 million for the program, which will allocate funds...Read More