NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  February 1, 2024   MDE launches Know Your Child’s Reading Score campaign to assist K-3 parents/guardians JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is launching a new campaign called Know Your Child’s Reading Score in an effort for parents/guardians of kindergarten through third-grade students to be well informed...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  Jan. 18, 2024 Mississippi’s 2022-23 graduation rate of 89.4% marks all-time high; dropout rate falls to 8.5% JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the 2022-23 school year graduation and dropout rates, showing an all-time high 89.4% graduation rate and a decreased 8.5% dropout rate. Rates...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  January 17, 2024 New Site High School, Vancleave Lower Elementary named 2023 National ESEA Distinguished Schools JACKSON, Miss. – New Site High School in the Prentiss County School District and Vancleave Lower Elementary School in the Jackson County School District are among 65 schools nationwide named 2023 National Elementary and...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  Jan. 11, 2024 Three Mississippi teachers receive $25,000 national Milken Educator Award JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education congratulates three Mississippi teachers who were recently surprised with a national Milken Educator Award that includes an unrestricted $25,000 cash prize. Jennifer Hite, a fifth-grade science teacher at Pearl Upper...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 10, 2024 Mississippi Students Selected for United States Senate Youth Program JACKSON, Miss. – The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announced that high school students Katherine Marie Farthing and Iris Jiani Xue will join Senator Roger F. Wicker and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in representing Mississippi during the 62nd...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  Jan. 2, 2024   State Superintendent’s 2022-23 Annual Report covers Mississippi’s ‘Marathon Achievement’ in public schools during the past decade JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2022-23 Superintendent’s Annual Report has been released covering Mississippi’s “Marathon Achievement” within the state’s public school system during the past decade....Read More