NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: July 2, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – In response the growing population of English learners in Mississippi, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently published a comprehensive guide to help educators meet the needs of Mississippi’s English learner students. The guide, Mississippi English Learner Guidelines: Regulations, Funding Guidance and Instructional Supports,...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 27, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – Two Mississippi teachers will be honored with presidential awards for excellence in teaching or mentoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). They are among the more than 140 teachers nationwide that will receive the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 26, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced plans today for a lottery on July 6 to award approximately 8 Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for the 2018-19 school year. Established by the Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Act of 2015, the ESA program...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 25, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) have collaborated to create opportunities for students to earn college credit before they enter the state’s public universities. Beginning in 2022, freshmen entering Mississippi’s public universities who earn an academic...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 18, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The first meeting of the Mississippi Student Testing Task Force is Tuesday, launching a months-long examination of current student testing on the state and local school district levels. The task force will work to determine best practices for monitoring student progress in meeting grade-level...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: June 13, 2018 WHO: Commission on School Accreditation (CSA) WHAT: The CSA will hold a special-called teleconference meeting to consider proposed revisions to the State Board policies for subject-area testing, specifically the incorporation of the assessment scores into students’ final grades. WHEN: 11 a.m., June 14, 2018 WHERE: Central High...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 9, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today members of the Mississippi Student Testing Task Force that will examine current student testing on the state and local school district levels and to determine best practices for monitoring student progress in meeting grade-level and subject...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 2, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – Nearly a dozen Mississippi school districts will share $886,000 in grants to enhance or establish programs in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in Kindergarten through 8th grade. The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) awarded funding for the K-8 STEM Initiative Enhancement Project...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: May 1, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education announced today that four Mississippi public school students have been selected semifinalists for the 2018 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The U.S. Presidential Scholars Program honors the nation’s most distinguished graduating high school seniors. Mississippi’s Presidential Scholar semifinalists for 2018...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: June 5, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – School- and district-level passing rates for the first administration of the 3rd Grade Reading Assessment are now available to the public. Statewide, 93.2 percent of 3rd graders passed the test. The initial pass rate has increased every year since the test was first administered,...Read More