NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: January 16, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The annual Education Week Quality Counts report gave Mississippi a C in the Chance-for-Success category and ranked the state 46th in the nation. The average state earned a C-plus. Today’s report, the first of three Quality Counts installments being rolled out in 2019, features...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  January 10, 2019 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2017-18 Superintendent’s Annual Report is now available. View the report online at https://www.mdek12.org/superintendent2018. The report contains details about academic achievements in the 2017-18 school year, an overview of the State Board of Education (SBE) Strategic Plan and highlights...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: January 9, 2019 WHO: The Mississippi JROTC Drill Championship WHAT: The top 15 JROTC Drill Teams in the state will be competing. The competition will run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 pm.  The closing ceremony/awards presentation will begin at 5 p.m. WHEN: Saturday, January 12 WHERE: Mississippi Coliseum. The event...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: December 20, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to add five new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 14 to provide high-quality early childhood education programs to 4-year-old students. The ELC expansion is made possible by a $2.5 million increase...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  December 10, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) is seeking applications from high school students who wish to serve as student representatives to the State Board starting in the 2019-20 school year. Student representatives will be non-voting members but will provide input on policy decisions...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: December 6, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is seeking sponsors to operate the 2019 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in counties across the state of Mississippi. The Summer Food Service Program, administered by the Office of Child Nutrition (OCN), provides nutritious meals to children without...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  December 6, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Pass Christian School District is one of 373 school districts in the U.S. and Canada being honored by the College Board with placement on the 7th Annual AP® District Honor Roll.  To be included on the 9th Annual Honor Roll, the district had...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: December 4, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education announced today that it will hold the mid-year lottery for Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) on December 13. The lottery will award 41 ESAs for the 2018-19 school year that were forfeited by families who opted not to participate in...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  November 30, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education announced Thursday a schedule of public meetings for the Mississippi Succeeds Career and Technical Education Listening Tour to gather public feedback for Mississippi’s plan to meet the requirements of the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education (CTE) for the...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: November 28, 2018 WHO: The Accountability Task Force WHAT: The task force will meet to discuss a range of issues related to how schools and districts are graded in the state’s accountability system, including progress toward English proficiency and non-conventional high-school grade configurations. WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 29 from 9 a.m....Read More