NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 16, 2023 2023 Mississippi Administrator of the Year Finalists 2023 Mississippi Teacher of the Year Finalists JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the finalists for the 2023 …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: March 9, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to add three new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 35 to provide high-quality early childhood education …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 22, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The application deadline for the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Mississippi Teacher Residency (MTR) program has been extended beyond Feb. 15, which was the priority application …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 7, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – A new report from Boston University’s Wheelock Educational Policy Center found that Mississippi students retained in the 3rd grade under the Literacy-Based Promotion Act achieved higher …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Feb. 6, 2023 “The Mississippi Department of Education and the Mississippi State Board of Education appreciate the work of school counselors throughout the state and the critical role they play in student learning. Along …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: February 2, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released the most recent school and district chronic absence data, which shows that 28% of Mississippi students were absent 18 days or …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 23, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – Results from the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2022-23 Educator Shortage survey show there are 515 fewer vacancies among teachers, administrators and school support staff …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 19, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will provide 25 or more new instructional math coaches over the next four years to identified K-12 schools. The coaches will deliver …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 11, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) announces that high school students Joshua Emerson Bowman and Nadia Esmee Harden will join Sen. Roger F. Wicker and Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Jan. 19, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released today the 2021-22 school year graduation and dropout rates, which reflect the highest statewide graduation rate of 88.9% and a …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: January 3, 2023 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) 2021-22 Superintendent’s Annual Report has been released detailing how academic progress has been made as MDE designated more than $96 …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Dec. 19, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – D’Iberville Elementary School in the Harrison County School District and Pearl Lower Elementary School in the Pearl Public School District have been named the 2023 National Elementary and …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Dec. 15, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved plans for the Vicksburg Warren School District to become a District of Innovation and for the Jackson Public School District …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Dec. 15, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) earned approval on Nov. 30 from the U. S. Department of Education (ED) to use the Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Dec. 12, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Applications are now open for new candidates to the Mississippi Department of Education’s Mississippi Teacher Residency (MTR) program, where up to 200 aspiring educators can receive a …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Dec. 15, 2022 JACKSON, Miss. – Today, the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted to approve the 2022 Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards (MCCRS) for Social Studies, which outline the skills and …
NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Dec. 9, 2022 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
