NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 18, 2023 State Board of Education Announces Plan to Consider an Interim State Superintendent of Education Effective July 1 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) today announced it will hold a special-called meeting on June 15 to consider the appointment of an interim state superintendent...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  May 18, 2023   76.3% of third graders pass state reading assessment on first attempt JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is announcing that 76.3% of 31,623 third graders passed the initial administration of the third-grade reading assessment given this spring for the 2022-23 school year. The...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 18, 2023 2022 State of Preschool Report recognizes Mississippi as one of top five states for high-quality pre-K JACKSON, Miss. – The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) recognized Mississippi in its latest report on pre-K quality as one of only five states whose state-funded pre-K program meets...Read More