NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the addition of 52 highly regarded education professionals from across the state to serve on the Mississippi Teacher Advisory Council (MTAC) for the 2022-23 school year. The MTAC, formed in 2016, now includes 309 educators representing...Read More

NEWS RELEASE   For Immediate Release: July 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is responding to misinformation about the Mississippi State Board of Education’s policy update today regarding weapons on school campuses in the state’s public schools. MDE is offering this clarification in response to some media reports that misinterpreted the intent and effect...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Update for the 2021-22 school year, which showed the majority of pre-K and kindergarten students made gains over the course of the school year but fell short of pre-pandemic achievement levels. Pre-K...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Board of Education (SBE) today selected the search firm, McPherson & Jacobson, LLC, to lead the search for the next state superintendent of education. The firm will conduct a national search beginning July 1 for applicants who meet SBE requirements. The SBE...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 23, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi Department of Education offices located at the Central High School (CHS) building, 359 N. West St., in downtown Jackson, will temporarily relocate to alternate work locations beginning Monday, June 27, due to building repairs. The Mississippi Department of Finance and Administration estimates interior...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 16, 2022 Charlie Frugé JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected Charlie Frugé  of Oxford to serve as the high school junior student representative to the SBE for the 2022-23 school year.  Student representatives are non-voting SBE members who provide input on policy decisions...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 16, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has appointed Dr. Earl Watkins to lead the Mississippi Achievement School District (ASD), effective July 1. The ASD includes the Humphreys County and Yazoo City school districts, which became part of Mississippi’s first ASD in June 2019....Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 16, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to begin the process to return the Tunica County School District (TCSD) to local control. The first step in the 18-month process is to select applicants to serve on the local school board. The SBE...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 7, 2022       Jana Chao   LeShae Collums   Wendy Dean   Jennifer Hite   Dr. Marti Ladner JACKSON, Miss. – Five K-6 Mississippi teachers have been named 2022 state-level finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST Program is...Read More

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