Professional learning provides early childhood professionals the opportunity to learn about and implement best practices in early childhood through training and individualized technical assistance. The Office of Early Childhood offers […]

Mississippi is required under the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) to provide high-quality alternate assessments for students […]

In order to obtain a license to practice as an educator in the state of Mississippi, all prospective teachers, administrators and instructional support personnel must achieve Mississippi’s minimum qualifying passing […]

Universal screening assessments will be administered to all students at least three times during the year to provide an especially critical “first look” at individual students. State statute requires that […]

After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, a law was signed by President Bush including school buses under the federal definition of “mass transportation systems.” School bus transportation is one of the […]

“The School Bus Safety Task Force was created by Nathan’s Law and with the support of Gov. Phi Bryant.  The mission of this task force is to help make traveling […]