Featured MDE releases state report card for 2016-17 school year
The Mississippi Department of Education has released the “Mississippi Report Cards” for the 2016-17 school year on their website. The report cards are released each...
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Featured Mississippi schools suffering from chronic absenteeism
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released the most recent school- and district-level chronic absence data, which shows that 14.2 percent of Mississippi students were...
Featured MDE announces ESA lottery for special needs kids
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education announced plans for a lottery on February 8th to award 90 Education Scholarship Accounts (ESA) for the 2017-18 school year...
Featured Governor, State Superintendent tout education improvements in MS
by Alex Paton
As Mississippi is moving toward a new funding formula for public education its strides in education are being recognized. Mississippi was recently named one of...
Featured Senator Hill: eliminate the MDE
by Alex Paton
A Senate Bill that would do away with the Department of Education, that’s what one Senator has proposed for Mississippi. Senator Angela Hill has submitted...
Featured Senator Hill: eliminate the MS department of education
by Alex Paton
A Senate Bill that would do away with the Department of Education, that’s what one Senator has proposed for Mississippi. Senator Angela Hill has submitted...
MDE discusses adding two districts into Achievement School District
The Mississippi State Board of Education met on Thursday morning, and among the items on the agenda, the board explored the option of adding three...
MDE looks to get feedback on how to design MS report cards
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi Department of Education has released a survey so that they can receive feedback on the redesign of the Mississippi Report Card. Each year,...
Community learning centers to receive over $14M in federal funding
by Alex Paton
The Mississippi State Board of Education met Thursday and approved the distribution of $14.1 million in federal funds for the 21 Century Community Learning Center...
JPS: commission formed, still no school board
by Alex Paton
Last month Governor Bryant decided that he would not take over the Jackson Public School District but instead form a coalition to improve JPS. As...