JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the addition of 45 experienced and highly regarded professionals from across the state to serve on the Mississippi Teacher Advisory Council (MTAC).Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi State Board of Education awarded $4,725,000 in grants to five school districts to implement new State Invested Pre-K (SIP) programs. The purpose of these grants is to provide funding to support high-quality pre-K programs for 4-year-old children in districts that are not part of the Mississippi Department of Education’s...Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the results from the 2023-24 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP), which show student achievement reaching an all-time high in mathematics, English Language Arts (ELA) and science. Overall, for 2023-24, the percentage of students scoring proficient or advanced reached a record high of 47.8% in...Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released the 2023-24 Chronic Absenteeism Report and reminds education stakeholders across the state to help recognize September as Attendance Awareness Month.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education will host eight regional literacy meetings beginning Sept. 5, for families of students in kindergarten through third grade.Read More

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