MEDIA ADVISORY For Immediate Release: October 8, 2018 WHO: Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) WHAT: The SBE will hold a work session to discuss the Mississippi Statewide Accountability System the day before its regularly scheduled monthly meeting WHEN: Work session: 2 p.m. Wednesday, October 10               Monthly SBE Meeting: 10 a.m. Thursday, October 11...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 6, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. –The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) issued the following statement concerning the Forest Hill High School’s band performance: “The MDE has received numerous complaints about the band performance by Forest Hill High School. We are closely monitoring the situation. The content of this band performance...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 1, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today recognized three Mississippi schools as National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018. 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...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 20, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to delay until October consideration of approval of letter grades for the 2017-18 school year for schools and districts based on Mississippi’s A-F accountability system. Statewide accountability data sent under embargo to school district superintendents...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 18, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education today announced the creation of the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card, an interactive online tool designed to help parents and communities more easily evaluate schools across the state. The tool, which includes detailed information about each school and district’s academic...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 13, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – This school year, close to a third of Mississippi school districts are offering high school students a nationally accredited automotive technology program that will prepare them for direct entry into the workforce.  Mississippi is one of only 17 states that require high school automotive...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: September 12, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi Department of Education announced today a series of regional meetings across the state for parents of students in kindergarten through grade 3. At the meetings, parents will receive an overview of the state law concerning literacy and assessment, as well as strategies...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 29, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – Mississippi is kicking off Attendance Awareness Month in September with a statewide campaign to promote regular school attendance. The Strive for Less than Five campaign challenges students to have no more than five absences over the course of the entire school year. Mississippi’s campaign...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 27, 2018 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced plans today for a lottery on August 30 to award approximately 47 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: August 23, 2018 JACKSON, Miss – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to reset 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 in prior years and would take effect for...Read More