By Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Education Back-to-school season is an exciting time for students because it is filled with new challenges and opportunities to learn. Mississippi students excel when they are challenged. Not only have our students risen to higher academic expectations in recent years, they have shown faster gains than the...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 1, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – Heather Church, a mother of two children in the Ocean Springs School District, was named the 2018 Mississippi Parent of the Year. Nominated by the school district, Church has been actively involved in her children’s schools since 2008. She created a Bid 4 Kids...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 31, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – Mississippi continues to improve public education on several key measures, according to the 2018 state progress report from the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Looking Closer: Mississippi reports demographic and economic trends and student education data at every level, from early childhood education to...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: July 30, 2018 WHO: Interim Superintendent Rodriguez Broadnax will be in the Noxubee County School District to meet with parents and community members. WHEN: 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 31 WHERE:  Noxubee County High School                 16478 Hwy 45 N                 Macon, MS  39341  Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 25, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – Officials from the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will be in the Noxubee County School District on Thursday following Gov. Phil Bryant’s declaration of an emergency. MDE will announce a community meeting after the time and location have been finalized. Acting on a recommendation...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 19, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The results of Mississippi’s statewide assessment of learning in pre-K and kindergarten show that the majority of the state’s youngest students have made significant gains during the academic year.   More than 36,000 kindergarteners took the Kindergarten Readiness Assessment in the fall and spring...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 23, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) today launched its redesigned website, which can be found at the same address, www.mdek12.org. The new site includes updated features including: mobile-friendly, responsive design that adapts to the screen size of mobile devices social sharing links to share...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 19, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) determined today that an extreme emergency situation exists in the Noxubee County School District (NCSD). Acting on a recommendation from the Mississippi Commission on School Accreditation, the SBE voted to ask Gov. Phil Bryant to declare a...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 18, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Commission on School Accreditation determined today that an extreme emergency exists in the Noxubee County School District (NCSD) that jeopardizes the safety, security, and educational interests of the children enrolled in the schools in the district. As a result, the Mississippi State Board...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: July 17, 2018  WHO: Commission on School Accreditation WHAT: A special-called teleconference meeting will be held to determine if an extreme emergency situation exists that jeopardizes the safety, security and educational interests of the children enrolled in the Noxubee County School District WHEN: Wednesday, July 18, 1 p.m. WHERE: 4th...Read More