NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  Dec. 1, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Child Nutrition is seeking sponsors to operate the 2023 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in counties throughout the state. The federally funded program provides nutritious meals to children during school vacation periods though the program operates...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Nov. 21, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Today the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) named Dr. Robert Taylor, a 30-year veteran educator and deputy state superintendent for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, Mississippi’s new state superintendent of education. A Mississippi native and University of Southern Mississippi graduate, Dr....Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: November 10, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the State Board of Education awarded $15,450,000 in grants to 11 school districts to implement new State Invested Pre-K (SIP) programs. During the 2022 legislative session, the Mississippi Legislature appropriated $20 million in new state funding to the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE)...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Nov. 10, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) appointed five Tunica County residents to serve as advisory board members for the Tunica County School District (TCSD) as the district transitions back to local community control. The appointed members will serve in an advisory role to...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  November 2, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education has released results of its 2021-22 Teacher Retention Survey, which offers key findings for strengthening the educator workforce statewide. Out of 31,641 Mississippi teachers in the 2021-22 school year, 5,856 completed the survey from April 18, through July 28,...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Oct. 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released ACT results for the spring 2022 statewide administration of the ACT to all public high school juniors. The average score for juniors increased from 17.3 in 2021 to 17.4 in 2022. The percentage of juniors meeting...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 27, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced that, despite pandemic disruptions to learning, 85% of Mississippi 3rd graders passed the 3rd-grade reading assessment after final retests for the 2021-22 school year. The 2021-22 pass rate is practically the same as it was in...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Oct. 24, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi maintained its historic gains in 4th grade reading on the 2022 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), while scores nationally dropped in all four NAEP subjects and grades. The 2022 NAEP results provide the first national measure of student learning since the start...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: October 18, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Petal Upper Elementary School fifth-grade math teacher Tyler Shows was surprised today with a $25,000 Milken Educator Award presented by the Milken Family Foundation at a 9:30 a.m. schoolwide assembly of cheering students, appreciative colleagues, local dignitaries and media. Hailed as the “Oscars of...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release:  October 17, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – In support of National School Bus Safety Week, Oct. 17-21, 2022, the Mississippi Department of Education is sharing information from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to remind drivers about the importance of school bus safety. In every state,...Read More