NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  May 9, 2024 Two Mississippi students named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars JACKSON, Miss. – Two Mississippi students — Noah Curtis Lee and Iris Jiani Xue — have been named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars. Noah and Iris are both from Southaven and attend the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science in...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  April 26, 2024 MDE announces 2024 Mississippi Administrator of the Year, Teacher of the Year JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education today announced the 2024 Mississippi Administrator of the Year (MAOY) is Anita Wansley, principal at Northeast Elementary School in the Lauderdale County School District (LCSD), and the...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  April 19, 2024   31 Mississippi schools earn the Military Star School Designation for 2024-26 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has named 31 schools as 2024-26 Military Star Schools. This designation recognizes schools that have made a significant commitment to supporting military families and children of...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: April 18, 2024 Ginger Tedder State Board of Education names Ginger Tedder as executive director of MSMS JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to hire Ginger Tedder as the executive director of the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS). Tedder has been serving...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  April 18, 2024 State Board of Education selects semifinalists for 2024-25 State Board Student Rep Program JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 10 semifinalists for the SBE junior student representative in the 2024-25 school year. The SBE student representative program includes one high school...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  April 18, 2024 Mississippi doubles preschool enrollment, spending with plans for further expansion, according to 2023 NIEER report JACKSON, Miss. – A new report released today from the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) finds Mississippi is one of only five states in the country to meet 10 of...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  April 17, 2024 Six K-6th grade teachers named state-level finalists for 2023-24 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching JACKSON, Miss. – Six K-6th grade Mississippi teachers have been named 2023-24 state-level finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST program...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 17, 2024 Seven Mississippi high school seniors named semifinalists for 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars program JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today that seven Mississippi students have been named 2024 U.S. Presidential Scholars semifinalists. The program honors the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors....Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  March 28, 2024 MDE announces 2024 Parent of the Year JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the 2024 Mississippi Parent of the Year is Jessica Banahan McNeel, a mother of three with two students in the Pascagoula-Gautier School District (PGSD). McNeel was nominated by the...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  March 19, 2024 MDE announces state finalists for 2024 Administrator of the Year, Teacher of the Year JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the finalists for the 2024 Mississippi Administrator of the Year and the 2024 Mississippi Teacher of the Year. The Mississippi Administrator of...Read More