NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: June 30, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will hold three Virtual Alternate Route Fairs in July to help aspiring teachers identify the alternate route teacher preparation program that is right for them. Completing an alternate route program is a required step for people who would...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 22, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi experienced the greatest improvement in education, ranking 39th in the country, a substantial upturn from the previous ranking of 44 in 2019, according to new data released in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS COUNT® 2020 Data Book. Gains in high school...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: June 18, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) held up its sustained record of improved student achievement over the past six years – particularly the state’s record-low dropout rate – in response to the Office of the State Auditor’s (OSA) performance audit for the MDE Office...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: June 11, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) suspended several policies today to give local school districts scheduling flexibility for the 2020-21 school year to deal with the impact of COVID-19. State law requires schools to provide 180 days of instruction each school year. Local...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: June 10, 2020 WHO:            Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) WHAT:          The SBE will hold its annual budget work session for FY 2022 and its regularly scheduled monthly meeting via livestream WHEN:         Thursday, June 11, 2020                       8:30 a.m. – Budget work session                      10 a.m. – Monthly...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 10, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the 2020 Mississippi Parent of the Year is Lisa McCusker, a mother of two children in the Pascagoula-Gautier School District. The school district nominated McCusker for her countless hours of working with school personnel on a...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 9, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has partnered with a workgroup of nine superintendents from a diverse range of school districts to outline the key issues districts need to address to reopen schools. The issues are outlined in the document, Considerations for Reopening Mississippi...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: June 3, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has revamped its Strong Readers website, strongreadersms.com, to help families assist their children with building their reading skills. The site is organized by grade level, from kindergarten through grade 5. It includes strategies for developing strong reader habits...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 21, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – Two Mississippi students have been named among the 56th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, which recognizes 161 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, and career and technical education fields. Mississippi’s 2020 U.S. Presidential Scholars are Vayd Sai Ramkumar of Starkville,...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: May 21, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – Teams from Ridgeland High School in the Madison County School District and North Panola Career and Technical Center in the North Panola School District qualified for a national Girls Go CyberStart competition this week. Girls Go CyberStart is a skills-based competition designed to encourage...Read More