NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  November 2, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education has released results of its 2021-22 Teacher Retention Survey, which offers key findings for strengthening the educator workforce statewide. Out of 31,641 Mississippi teachers in the 2021-22 school year, 5,856 completed the survey from April 18, through July 28,...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Oct. 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released ACT results for the spring 2022 statewide administration of the ACT to all public high school juniors. The average score for juniors increased from 17.3 in 2021 to 17.4 in 2022. The percentage of juniors meeting...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced that, despite pandemic disruptions to learning, 85% of Mississippi 3rd graders passed the 3rd-grade reading assessment after final retests for the 2021-22 school year. The 2021-22 pass rate is practically the same as it was in...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Oct. 24, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi maintained its historic gains in 4th grade reading on the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), while scores nationally dropped in all four NAEP subjects and grades. The 2022 NAEP results provide the first national measure of student learning since the start...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 18, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Petal Upper Elementary School fifth-grade math teacher Tyler Shows was surprised today with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award presented by the Milken Family Foundation at a 9:30 a.m. schoolwide assembly of cheering students, appreciative colleagues, local dignitaries and media. Hailed as the “Oscars of...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  October 17, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – In support of National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 17-21, 2022, the Mississippi Department of Education is sharing information from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to remind drivers about the importance of school bus safety. In every state,...Read More

NEWS RELEASE JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the new members of the State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council (SAC) for 2022-23. The council includes students in grades 11-12 or first year of college to serve as members for a term of two school years. The council includes 63 new members....Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Sept. 29, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to adopt its proposed weapons policy update, which removed language that conflicted with Mississippi’s 2011 enhanced conceal carry laws. The State Board’s policy update does not give school personnel the ability to carry guns in...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 29, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the State Board of Education (SBE) voted to begin the Administrative Procedures Act process on proposed 2022 Mississippi College- and Career-Readiness Standards (MCCRS) for Social Studies, which outline the skills and knowledge expected of students in each grade and subject. The 2022 standards...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Sept. 28, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – During the 2021-22 school year, the number of Mississippi students taking and passing Advanced Placement (AP) exams reached a record high, with 10,534 public school students taking 14,788 AP exams, and 5,573 exams earning a qualifying score. The exam pass rate reached an all-time...Read More