NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 26, 2022 Dr. Kim Benton JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) appointed Dr. Kim Benton to become interim state superintendent of education on July 1. Dr. Benton will succeed Dr. Carey Wright, who will retire on June 30 after more than eight years as Mississippi’s...Read More
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 26, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is announcing that 73.9% of 31,068 Mississippi 3rd graders received a passing score last month on the initial administration of the 3rd-grade reading assessment for the 2021-22 school year. The passing rate presents a preliminary snapshot...Read More
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