NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: April 15, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 10 semifinalists to serve as the SBE junior student representative in the 2021-22 school year. The SBE student representative program includes one high school junior and one high school senior who serve as non-voting SBE...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release:  April 8, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Legislature made significant investments in public education during the 2021 legislative session including a statewide teacher pay raise and millions allocated for Mississippi State Board of Education priorities including early childhood education, instructional coaches, teacher supply funds and the Mississippi Student Information...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: April 7, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the finalists for the 2021 Mississippi Administrator of the Year and the 2021 Mississippi Teacher of the Year. The Mississippi Administrator of the Year program honors an administrator who demonstrates superior ability to inspire teachers, employs...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release:  March 25, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has partnered with the North Mississippi Education Consortium (NMEC) to hire a team of digital learning instructional coaches and coordinators to help teachers, schools and districts effectively use educational technology and improve student outcomes statewide. Current and former...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release:  March 24, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – More than 2,700 Mississippi educators have registered for the Mississippi Connects Virtual Summit on digital learning this week, which is centered around the purposeful integration of technology. Participants are taking part in sessions from the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and partners on a...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release:  March 15, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – All required federal and statewide assessments will be administered to public-school students this school year, including the 3rd Grade Reading Assessment and high school assessments for Algebra I, English II, Biology and U.S. History. The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has provided districts with...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: March 11, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi high school students achieved a record-breaking graduation rate of 87.7% in 2019-20, surpassing the most recent national rate of 85%. School- and district-level graduation rates can be found in the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) report released today, District Graduation and Dropout Rates...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: March 11, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released ACT results for the spring 2020 statewide administration of the ACT to all public high school juniors. The average score for juniors increased from 17.6 in 2019 to 17.7 in 2020. The percentage of juniors meeting...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: February 25, 2021 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to open public comment on the addition of the ACT WorkKeys assessment and a recognized career pathway or industry certification to the accountability measure evaluating how schools and districts prepare students for college and the...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  February 23, 2021 JACKSON, MS – The U.S. Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announced two Mississippi high school students will represent the state during the 59th annual USSYP Washington Week, to be held March 14 — 17, 2021. Jacob Pearson of Corinth and Weston Archer Taylor of Petal were selected from...Read More