The EdUpdate section of Mississippi Achieves includes announcements for educators and district leaders about professional development, events, resources, grants and awards.
To submit information for consideration in EdUpdate, email it to Tabatha Burkett at tburkett@mdek12.org by noon on Monday. Information must be submitted in a Word document. You may include links, flyers or PDF documents with your Word document. Please include a contact name and an email or phone number with each item.
MDE, MajorClarity contract to end Sept. 30
The contract between the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) and MajorClarity by Paper will end Sept. 30, 2025. Schools and districts ...
Issues of International Trade workshop for teachers set for Oct. 23
The Issues of International Trade workshop for Mississippi middle and high school teachers of social studies and economics is set ...
22nd Annual ADHD and Related Concerns Conference set for Oct. 23-24
Hattiesburg Clinic Connections and Hattiesburg Clinic Psychology & Counseling, along with GCEIC (Gulf Coast RESA) will again host the 22nd ...
NASA TechRise Student Challenge accepting entries
The NASA TechRise Student Challenge 2025-2026 is open and accepting entries until Nov. 3. This year’s challenge invites sixth through ...
Register from Sept. 15-22 for free online Canvas courses
The Mississippi Department of Education, through the Office of Professional Development, is announcing open registration for spring online canvas courses ...
MDE to host Innovation Webinars Sept. 17, Sept. 18
The Mississippi Department of Education will host District and School of Innovation Webinars on two dates in September for all ...
Field Trip Friday set for Sept. 19 at MS Museum of Natural Science
The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science will host an ecology Field Trip Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sept ...
Districts can apply for virtual Mentoring and Induction Community of Practice sessions; Deadline is Sept. 19
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE)’s Office of Teaching and Leading will launch the virtual Mentoring and Induction Community of ...
Keynote speakers for Mississippi Literacy Association Conferenced announced
The Mississippi Department of Education, Division of Literacy and the Mississippi Literacy Association announce the keynote and featured speakers for ...
MDE launches new TeachMS.org teacher recruitment website
Today, the Mississippi Department of Education launched a redesigned teacher recruitment website, TeachMS.org, that markets the teaching profession in Mississippi ...