{"id":6,"date":"2024-11-12T16:45:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T16:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/comm\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-04-01T08:27:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:27:06","slug":"communications-and-government-relations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication and Government Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"\/communications\/2025\/\">Get the latest news<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>about public education issues, developments and achievements across Mississippi.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/Staff\">Media inquiries<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0should be directed to\u00a0MDE&#8217;s\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/Staff\">communication\u00a0staff<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/GR\">Education-related legislative summaries<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>are<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/GR\">Government Relations\u00a0page.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/publicreporting\/request\/\">How to File a Public Records Request<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"gdlr-core-widget-box-shortcode \" style=\"color: #000000 ;background-color: #f0f0f0 ;\"  ><h3 class=\"gdlr-core-widget-box-shortcode-title\" style=\"color: #000000 ;\"  >Get the latest news from the Mississippi Department of Education<\/h3><div class=\"gdlr-core-widget-box-shortcode-content\" ><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/category\/news\/\"><span style=\"color: #1f6698;\">News Releases<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/msachieves.mdek12.org\/edupdate\/\"><span style=\"color: #1f6698;\"><b>EdUpdate Newsletter<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gdlr-core-widget-box-shortcode \" style=\"color: #000000 ;background-color: #f0f0f0 ;\"  ><h3 class=\"gdlr-core-widget-box-shortcode-title\" style=\"color: #000000 ;\"  >Communication Toolkits<\/h3><div class=\"gdlr-core-widget-box-shortcode-content\" ><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/raising-the-bar-understanding-mississippis-higher-accountability-standards\/\"><strong>Accountability: Raising the Bar<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nThese resources explain how and why schools and districts must meet higher standards to earn A-F letter grades beginning in the 2025-26 school year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/ocsa\/chronicabsenteeism\/\">Attendance Awareness<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThese materials highlight the benefits of regular school attendance and emphasize ways to prevent students from being chronically absent.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/mapct\/\"><span style=\"color: #1f6698;\">Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP)<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThese resources help families understand Mississippi&#8217;s statewide assessment system.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the latest news\u00a0about public education issues, developments and achievements across Mississippi. Media inquiries\u00a0should be directed to\u00a0MDE&#8217;s\u00a0communication\u00a0staff. Education-related legislative summaries\u00a0are\u00a0on the\u00a0Government Relations\u00a0page. How to File a Public Records Request &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3992,"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/3992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdek12.org\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}