JACKSON, Miss. – Three Mississippi students have been named 2025 U.S. Presidential Scholars. The students are Alexis Griffith of Long Beach High School, Nichols E. Katsaboulas of Jackson Prep, and Jackson Pearce of Gulfport High School.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released accountability grades for the 2024-25 school year, which show 80.1% of schools and 87.2% of districts earned a grade of C or higher. This represents a decrease from the 2023-24 school year, when 85.7% of schools and 93.9% of districts earned a C or higher.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the 114 members of the 2025-26 State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council (SAC). The council includes students in grades 11-12 and college freshmen attending a Mississippi college or university.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has redesigned its teacher recruitment website, TeachMS.org, that markets the teaching profession in Mississippi while breaking down the teacher preparation and licensure process into easy-to-understand steps.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released the 2024-25 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) results, which showed increased proficiency in some grades and content areas but a slight drop in overall proficient and advanced scores.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education urges all education stakeholders to recognize Attendance Awareness Month in September. Schools, districts and local organizations are encouraged to promote the benefits of students maintaining regular attendance at school and reducing chronic absenteeism.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education will host a nine regional literacy meetings across the state from Sept. 9-23, for families of students in kindergarten through third grade.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has designated seven  elementary schools as Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading (SOR) Schools and one school as a Mississippi Science of Reading School for the 2025-26 school year.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today its participation in the College Board’s innovative AP Career Kickstart™ courses, including an AP Cybersecurity and AP Networking pilot in three Mississippi high schools this fall. MDE will also offer AP Business with Personal Finance statewide starting in the 2026-27 school year. Participation and...Read More

The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) previously provided information to the Mississippi Office of the State Auditor (OSA) in response to the OSA’s questions about the EEF procurement card program. MDE is sharing key facts it provided to OSA that were omitted from the report OSA released today, Review of Mississippi’s Procurement Card Program for...Read More