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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  March 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 12 high school sophomores/rising juniors as semifinalists for the 2022-23 SBE junior representative position. The SBE student representative program includes one high school junior and one high school senior who serve as non-voting SBE members...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved revisions to the Mississippi Perkins V State Plan to include work-based learning as an additional measure of school districts’ Career and Technical Education (CTE) program quality for the 2022-23 school year. The U.S Department of...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 18, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved plans for Mannsdale Upper Elementary in the Madison County School District to be Mississippi’s newest School of Innovation and for Pascagoula-Gautier School District and Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District to be Mississippi’s newest Districts of...
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NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: March 17, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to invite public comment on a temporary adjustment to the statewide accountability system so A-F grades for districts and schools and federally required school improvement designations can be determined for the 2021-22 school year.    Mississippi’s...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 11, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – A new health and school safety platform will be available at no cost to 135 Mississippi school districts that recently opted to receive the service to create a safer and better learning environment for students, teachers and staff. In February, the Mississippi Department of...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 10, 2022 2022 Mississippi Administrator of the Year Finalists                      Dr. Meghan Cates   Dr. Terence James   Kara Killough   Dr. Kiana Pendleton 2022 Mississippi Teacher of the Year Finalists                      Rachel...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 10, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – New high-dosage tutoring services in math and English Language Arts will be available to students in grades 3-12, educators and families at 121 school districts, which includes four charter schools, that recently opted in to receive the services at no cost. In February, the...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: February 24, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is investing up to $49 million of its American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) III funds in four new services to support student safety and learning statewide. All school districts have the option to...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 18, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will provide 15 new math coaches to 30 K-8 public schools beginning Feb. 22, to provide instructional support to teachers and improve student outcomes. On Feb. 17, the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted to approve $1.6...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 17, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The State Board of Education (SBE) today voted to approve a $17.6 million grant to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to create a telehealth delivery system within K-12 schools to provide remote healthcare and healthcare provider access to students. MDE expects UMMC...
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