NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: September 2, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – The year 2020 has without question been the most professionally and personally demanding time for educators, parents, and students in at least the last 50 years. Since mid-March, local and state education policy makers have been working tirelessly to adapt to and overcome previously...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: September 2, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – Every school district in Mississippi has submitted plans to the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) to provide all public-school students with the technology to learn at school and at home. The effort is a part of an MDE program called Mississippi Connects. The Mississippi...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: September 1, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – As the new school year begins, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement would like to remind parents about the law governing school attendance and about the deadline for notifying school districts of home school decisions. The compulsory school...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: August 27, 2020 Starkville Junior Selected as State Board of Education Student Representative JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected Amy Zhang of Starkville to serve as the high school junior student representative to the SBE for the 2020-21 school year. Student representatives are non-voting...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: August 26, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced today the addition of over 100 experienced and highly regarded professionals from across the state to serve on the Mississippi Teacher Advisory Council (MTAC). The MTAC, formed in 2016, now has more than 300 educators representing schools...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 25, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) disputes State Auditor Shad White’s claims that the agency is ignoring state law in its implementation of the Equity in Distance Learning Act (SB 3044) and is making it difficult for districts to purchase technology for students. “Mr....Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: August 14, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is raising concerns about the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) report on career and technical education (CTE) because it contains inaccurate information and it holds MDE responsible for work conducted by the National Strategic Planning and Research...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 10, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – Two Mississippi science teachers are among the nation’s best as awardees of the 2020 Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). The PAEMST Program is the nation’s highest honor for teachers of mathematics and science (including computer science). A panel of...Read More

NEWS RELEASE  For Immediate Release: August 7, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. — Dr. Carey Wright, state superintendent of education, will deliver the concluding lecture at 9:45 a.m. today for the Chautauqua Institution’s week on “Rebuilding Public Education.” The week-long program is focused on understanding how to build more integrated and equitable public schools and best prepare...Read More

NEWS RELEASE For Immediate Release: August 6, 2020 JACKSON, Miss. – School district reopening plans for the 2020-21 school year are now available on the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) school reopening guidance webpage. Most school districts submitted plans to the MDE by a July 31 deadline, prior to Gov. Tate Reeves’ Executive Order on...Read More