NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi schools and districts will earn new grades for the first time since 2019 when the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) approves accountability grades Thursday, Sept. 29, for the 2021-22 school year. The grades reflect how student achievement has improved after declining during...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: September 26, 2022 WHO: Commission on School Accreditation WHAT: Meeting to discuss unofficial district and school accountability (A-F grades) for the 2021-22 school year. WHEN: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 WHERE: Room 145 of the Woolfolk Building, 501 N. West St., Jackson, MS. The meeting will be livestreamed.  ...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 23, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education today announced that 46 Mississippi high schools have received the prestigious 2022 College Success Award from GreatSchools.org, the nation’s leading nonprofit providing school information to parents and families. Now in its fifth year, the annual recognition honors public high...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  September 22, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the addition of 32 highly regarded education professionals from across the state to serve on the Mississippi Principal Advisory Council (MPAC) for the 2022-23 school year. The MPAC, formed in 2021, now includes 45 principals representing...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 16, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, four schools in Mississippi were among the 297 schools across the nation named as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2022 by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  September 1, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) invites nominations and applications for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The award is the highest honor the United States gives to teachers of science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and computer science. Two Mississippi...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  August 25, 2022   JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will host nine regional literacy meetings beginning Sept. 8, across the state for families of students in kindergarten through third grade. All meetings are from 6 – 7 p.m. and no registration is required. Locations include Holly...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  August 19, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted Aug. 18, to add five new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 30 to provide high-quality early childhood education pre-K programs to 4-year-old students. This ELC expansion is made possible by $5.9 million...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: 11 a.m., Aug. 18, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today statewide results from the 2021-22 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP), which show student achievement exceeding pre-pandemic levels in English Language Arts (ELA) and science and nearly tying in mathematics. Overall, the percentage of students...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 8, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has designated seven elementary schools as Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Schools (SoR) for the 2022-2023 school year. This recognition is for schools that have trained teachers in the science of reading, exemplified a change of instructional practices, and...Read More