JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has designated six elementary schools as Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Schools (SOR) for the 2024-25 school year, and for the first time a Mississippi Science of Reading School has been named.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to terminate its contract with NWEA to administer the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) assessments for English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics for grades 3-8, Algebra I and English II in the 2024-25 school year and award an emergency contract to Data Recognition...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  July 18, 2024 Kindergarten Readiness Assessment Update for 2023-24 shows students made gains, came closer to reaching pre-pandemic levels JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) results for the 2023-24 school year, which showed students’ gains during the past year have...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 1, 2024 Dr. Lance Evans Begins Serving as State Superintendent of Education July 1 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) welcome Dr. Lance Evans today as he officially begins his duties as state superintendent of education. Dr. Evans...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 20, 2024 Two districts awarded $1.5M in grants for pre-K students with disabilities to be included in classrooms with non-disabled peers JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi State Board of Education awarded two school districts nearly $1.5 million in grants to create Blended Pre-K programs and improve access for...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: June 20, 2024 State Board votes to return Tunica County School District to local governance effective July 1 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to request an end to the state of emergency in the Tunica County School District (TCSD) and return the district...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 20, 2024 Gulfport High School’s Crosby Parker selected as 2024-25 State Board of Education junior student representative JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected Crosby Parker of Gulfport High School (GHS) in the Gulfport School District to serve as the high school SBE junior...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 11, 2024 Thirteen educators have completed cohort one of the Mississippi Department of Education Division of Literacy’s Literacy Coach Academy of Mississippi. Nine educators attended a program June 11 to receive their certificates of completion. Pictured are (from left) Dr. Raymond Morgigno, interim state superintendent of education; Dr. Michelle...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 10, 2024 Mississippi receives highest education ranking ever of 30th in U.S. from latest Kids Count national report JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi improved its education ranking to 30th in the nation – the state’s highest ranking ever – according to the 2024 Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT® Data...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release:  May 16, 2024   75.7% of third graders pass state reading assessment on first attempt in 2024 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education is announcing that 75.7% of 31,787 third graders passed the initial administration of the third-grade reading assessment given this spring for the 2023-24 school year....Read More