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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 9, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the members of the inaugural State Superintendent’s Student Advisory Council. The council includes students in grades 11-12 or first year of college to serve as members for a term of two school years. More than 150...
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MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: October 7, 2019 WHO: Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education and district leaders, school board members, teachers, students and community members in A-rated school districts WHAT: Each school district will host a “Celebration of Excellence” event to recognize the achievement of students and teachers WHEN: Week of October 7-...
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NEWS RELEASE UPDATED: October 7, 2019   JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced a schedule of visits to recognize all A districts. District leaders, school board members, teachers, students and community members will join Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, at each location.  Statewide, the number of schools and districts...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 27, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released the most recent school- and district-level chronic absence data, which shows that 13.05% of Mississippi students were absent 10% or more of the 2018-19 school year. This is the lowest rate since the MDE has been...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 26, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today recognized three Mississippi schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2019. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. The three schools earning the national distinction...
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NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: September 24, 2019 (JACKSON, MS) – The Mississippi Department of Education announces a series of regional meetings across the state for families of students in kindergarten through grade 3. At the meetings, families will receive an overview of the state law concerning literacy and assessment, as well as strategies that...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 23, 2019 Media Contacts Angela Rutherford 662-915-7625 araines@olemiss.edu Bruce Coffey 804.310.1214 bruce.coffey@readtothem.org JACKSON, Miss. – Starting in October schools across Mississippi will kick off the inaugural year of Mississippi Reads One Book, a statewide family literacy program in which elementary students, families, and schools all read one common novel...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 19, 2019 JACKSON, Miss – School districts will receive state funds, on a reimbursement basis, this school year to help pay for a national career readiness certification exam and advanced courses that lead to college credits. The Mississippi Legislature appropriated $1 million for the program, which will allocate funds...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 19, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to begin the public comment process on whether the state should eliminate the U.S. History end-of-course exam. The SBE’s final decision on the end-of-course exam will occur at the conclusion of the public comment period...
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NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 17, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – Nearly three quarters of schools and 70% of districts will be rated C or higher when the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) approves accountability grades Thursday for the 2018-19 school year. The grades show a three-year trend of continuous school and district improvement....
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