NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 13, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education approved today $3 million in summer reading grants for 24 schools over the next three years to support their efforts in helping struggling students. The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) through the Office of Elementary Education and Reading...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 12, 2019 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected junior Omar Jamil of Hernando and senior Shelby Dean of Clinton for its student representative program, which will begin in July. Student representatives will be non-voting members but will provide input on policy decisions that...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: June 12, 2019 WHO: Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) WHAT: The SBE will hold a work session to discuss upcoming department budgets today WHEN:         Budget work session: 1:15 p.m. TODAY WHERE: Central High School Building, 359 N. West St., Jackson, MS, 4th floor Board Room Note: Work session was previously...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: June 11, 2019 WHO: Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) WHAT: The SBE will hold a work session to discuss upcoming department budgets the day before its regularly scheduled monthly meeting WHEN:         Budget work session: 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 12                      Monthly SBE Meeting: 10 a.m. Thursday, June 13 WHERE: Central High...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 11, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced plans today to award Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for the 2019-20 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...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 4, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The statewide pass rate for the 3rd Grade Reading Assessment increased to 82.8% (28,968 students) after students had a chance to retest before the end of the school year. The initial pass rate was 74.5% (26,057 students). The retest results show the large majority...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 24, 2019 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is partnering with Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE) to award scholarships to up to 125 diverse candidates who wish to pursue their National Board Certification. Awardees will each receive a $475 scholarship. Diversity may be based on an educator’s...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 22, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – Statewide, three out of four students met the higher bar for the 3rd Grade Reading Assessment on their first try, continuing the trend of improved reading skills among 3rd graders since Mississippi implemented the Literacy-Based Promotion Act. The Literacy-Based Promotion Act (LBPA) requires 3rd graders...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 15, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – Leslie Fye, a mother of two children in the Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District, was named the 2019 Mississippi Parent of the Year. Nominated by the school district as a fierce champion for every student, teacher, and family in the Starkville Oktibbeha School District,...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 13, 2019 JACKSON, Miss – Fifteen Mississippi school districts will share more than $896,000 in grants to establish or enhance programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in kindergarten through 8th grade. The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) awarded funding for the K-8 STEM Initiative Enhancement Project Grant...Read More