NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  January 17, 2024 New Site High School, Vancleave Lower Elementary named 2023 National ESEA Distinguished Schools JACKSON, Miss. – New Site High School in the Prentiss County School District and Vancleave Lower Elementary School in the Jackson County School District are among 65 schools nationwide named 2023 National Elementary and...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  Jan. 11, 2024 Three Mississippi teachers receive $25,000 national Milken Educator Award JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education congratulates three Mississippi teachers who were recently surprised with a national Milken Educator Award that includes an unrestricted $25,000 cash prize. Jennifer Hite, a fifth-grade science teacher at Pearl Upper...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 10, 2024 Mississippi Students Selected for United States Senate Youth Program JACKSON, Miss. – The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announced that high school students Katherine Marie Farthing and Iris Jiani Xue will join Senator Roger F. Wicker and Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith in representing Mississippi during the 62nd...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  Jan. 2, 2024   State Superintendent’s 2022-23 Annual Report covers Mississippi’s ‘Marathon Achievement’ in public schools during the past decade JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2022-23 Superintendent’s Annual Report has been released covering Mississippi’s “Marathon Achievement” within the state’s public school system during the past decade....Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – Today the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) named Dr. Lance Evans, the superintendent of the New Albany School District, the next state superintendent of education.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi is one of seven states to receive an A grade in the 2023 National Report Card on State Efforts to Improve Financial Literacy in High Schools released this month.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) is seeking applications from high school sophomores to serve as the new high school junior student representative on the SBE Board for the 2024-25 school year. Application deadline is Jan. 26, 2024.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Child Nutrition is seeking sponsors to operate the 2024 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in counties across the state of Mississippi.Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is seeking stakeholder feedback via a questionnaire by 5 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, regarding development of a one-year Perkins V State plan for the 2024-25 school year to increase access to high-quality career and technical education (CTE) programs in secondary schools and community colleges that meet the needs...Read More

JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released ACT results of all public high school juniors who took the test during the spring 2023 statewide administration. Mississippi is one of 16 states that administers the ACT for free to high school juniors.Read More