MDE announces 2022 Mississippi Administrator of the Year, Teacher of the Year
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For Immediate Release: April 1, 2022
Mississippi Class of 2021 Improves Advanced Placement Achievement Rate
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For Immediate Release: April 1, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – Mississippi’s graduating class of 2021 achieved a 39.1% qualifying score rate for Advanced Placement (AP) exams, an increase from the previous year's achievement rate of 38.2%.
AP courses are college-level courses offered by trained high school teachers. Students can earn three college credits for every AP exam they pass with a qualifying score of 3 or higher.
48 Mississippi high schools receive national 2021 College Success Award
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For Immediate Release: March 29, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announces that 48 Mississippi high schools received a prestigious 2021 College Success Award recognition from GreatSchools.org for excelling at preparing students to enroll and succeed in college as determined by available data in each state.
MDE announces 2022 Parent of the Year
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For Immediate Release: March 23, 2022
Tara Denevan, 2022 Mississippi Parent of the Year
MDE extends deadline to Mississippi Teacher Residency program
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For Immediate Release: March 22, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Mississippi Teacher Residency (MTR) program has extended the program’s application deadline past March 15.
12 students named semifinalists for 2022-23 State Board of Education junior representative position
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For Immediate Release: March 21, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected 12 high school sophomores/rising juniors as semifinalists for the 2022-23 SBE junior representative position.
Mississippi State Board of Education approves Perkins V revisions to include work-based learning in measuring districts’ CTE program quality
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For Immediate Release: March 21, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved revisions to the Mississippi Perkins V State Plan to include work-based learning as an additional measure of school districts’ Career and Technical Education (CTE) program quality for the 2022-23 school year.
MDE announces new School of Innovation, two new Districts of Innovation for 2022-23
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For Immediate Release: March 18, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has approved plans for Mannsdale Upper Elementary in the Madison County School District to be Mississippi’s newest School of Innovation and for Pascagoula-Gautier School District and Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District to be Mississippi’s newest Districts of Innovation for 2022-23.
State Board invites public comment on temporary accountability adjustment to determine new A-F grades for districts, schools and federally required school improvement designations
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For Immediate Release: March 17, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to invite public comment on a temporary adjustment to the statewide accountability system so A-F grades for districts and schools and federally required school improvement designations can be determined for the 2021-22 school year.
MDE announces 135 school districts have chosen to receive new health, school safety platform at no cost
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For Immediate Release: March 11, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – A new health and school safety platform will be available at no cost to 135 Mississippi school districts that recently opted to receive the service to create a safer and better learning environment for students, teachers and staff.