NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: August 9, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will deploy digital learning coaches to 62 schools across the state to help build the capacity of teachers and administrators to use educational technology to improve student outcomes. The coaches are part of the Mississippi Connects initiative, which...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: August 3, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) determined today that an extreme emergency situation exists in the Holmes County Consolidated School District. Acting on a recommendation from the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation, the SBE voted to ask Gov. Tate Reeves to declare a...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: August 2, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Commission on School Accreditation determined today an extreme emergency exists in the Holmes County Consolidated School District (HCCSD) that jeopardizes the safety, security, and educational interests of the children enrolled in the schools in the district. As a result, the Mississippi State Board...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: July 26, 2021 WHO: Commission on School Accreditation (CSA) WHAT: CSA will meet to determine if an extreme emergency situation exists that jeopardizes the safety, security and educational interests of the children enrolled in the Holmes County Consolidated School District (HCCSD) WHEN: 10 a.m., August 2, 2021 WHERE: Central High...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 26, 2021 JACKSON, Miss – Due to repeated water leaks and flooding in the Central High School Building (CHS), the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will relocate employees who work in CHS in mid-August.  The move is necessary because the Department of Finance and Administration needs to make extensive repairs to the building.  The MDE is securing office space at...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: July 15, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) passed two policies that call for all school districts to resume in-person instruction as the primary mode of teaching starting in the 2021-22 school year. The policies set requirements for districts that choose to offer a virtual...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY UPDATE: July 15, 2021  We are experiencing technical difficulties with the livestream of the Mississippi State Board of Education Meeting. The meeting is being recorded and will be posted later today.  For Immediate Release: July 9, 2021 WHO: Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) WHAT: The regularly scheduled July 2021 meeting of the Mississippi...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: July 1, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has notified Natchez-Adams School District students, parents and guardians that a recent computer theft at Natchez High School may have compromised personal student information. The theft occurred on May 13, 2021, when the MDE’s Office of Compulsory School...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release:  June 23, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi held its education ranking of 39th in the country in 2021, a substantial gain from its 48th position in 2014, according to new data released in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS COUNT® 2021 Data Book. The data book describes how children...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  June 17, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has appointed chief of staff Dr. Washington Cole IV as interim superintendent of Noxubee County School District, which became a District of Transformation in 2018. He replaces Rodriguez Broadnax, who is leaving the district June 30 to lead...Read More