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The Mississippi Department of Education’s Office of Elementary Education and Reading, Division of Literacy is pleased to announce the release of the new Language Essentials […]

Over the past months TSC, Inc. has played a key role in supplying needed PPE items for government agencies, essential healthcare providers and businesses. We […]

The Office of Student Assessment, in collaboration with the Office of Elementary Education, has released NEW Writing Prompt documents using previously tested, retired writing prompts. These documents will […]

The MDE asked the Office of the Governor for clarity about Executive Order 1517, which delays the start of the academic year until August 17 for students in grades 7-12 in school […]

The Office of Elementary Education and Reading, Division of Literacy, in collaboration with Barksdale Reading Institute (BRI) has developed a Virtual Literacy Instruction Guide for Kindergarten […]

Due to an increased number of districts using 100% virtual option for at least some students, the MDE has updated the Fall 2020 Universal Screening and Kindergarten Readiness Guidance Document. Mississippi […]

In accordance with Miss. Code Ann. § 37-13-63(2) and as a part of the current state of emergency due to COVID-19, the State Board of […]

2020-07-27_COVID PPE & Sanitizer Offering Due to COVID-19, we ask that you look at using ferguson.com as a tool to help make purchases and monitor […]

Mississippi had a 61.3% self-response rate in the 2010 census. The door-to-door census operation helped that number rise to 91.1% enumeration, but it was still […]

DISTRICT PLANNING GUIDES Action Guide: Characteristics of High-Performing Schools – This research brief summarizes key characteristics as districts reframe their strategies and priorities for the […]