NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 16, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) set a special-called meeting for 10 a.m. August 23 to consider resetting the baseline scores for establishing accountability grades for schools that have a 12th grade. The change would address the lack of comparability to growth scores...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 16, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today statewide results from the 2017-18 Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP), which shows achievement is continuing to rise among all student groups. MAAP assesses student performance in English Language Arts (ELA) and mathematics in grades 3-8, English...Read More

MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: August 14, 2018 WHO: Commission on School Accreditation (CSA) WHAT: The CSA will hold a special-called teleconference meeting to consider the accreditation status of the Noxubee County School District and to consider revisions to the business rules of the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System. WHEN: 2 p.m., August 14, 2018 WHERE:...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 9, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – Starting this school year, all Mississippi public school districts will be able to implement the Algebra Nation program, which is designed to help students perform better in the Algebra I course. Piloted in approximately 30 districts over the last two years, the Algebra Nation...Read More

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