Mississippi Eye Screening Program
All Mississippi public schools are required to conduct basic vision screening of Kindergarten students within the first 45 days of the school year. The MDE […]
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Regional Meetings for Parents: Strategies to Improve Reading for K-3 Students
The Mississippi Department of Education announced today a series of regional meetings across the state for parents of students in kindergarten through grade 3. At […]
MSMS Moves Up in National Ranking
COLUMBUS, Miss. – For the second year in a row, the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) has been ranked among the top public […]
WILLIAM CAREY TEAMS UP WITH PREPS TO TACKLE THE TEACHER SHORTAGE
HATTIESBURG – Ask people to identify what mattered most to them in elementary and high school. The answer is never going to be about school […]
MDE Hires Early Childhood Coaches to Support Teachers Statewide
Thanks to a $6 million grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Mississippi Department of Education has hired a team of early childhood coaches to […]
Superintendent visits over 500 classrooms as Pascagoula-Gautier students return to school
GAUTIER, MS (WLOX) – It’s tradition for Superintendent Wayne Rodolfich to visit every school on the first day back for students. On Wednesday, he drove to […]
ACT Instructor Training
ACT Instructor Training In addition to our regular ACT workshops for students, we are launching a few ACT Instructor training for educators and anyone else […]
MDE Launches Redesigned Website
The Mississippi Department of Education today launched its redesigned website, which can be found at the same address, www.mdek12.org. The new site includes updated features […]
Alabama Delegation Visits MDE to Learn About Mississippi’s Strategies to Improve Student Achievement
The Mississippi Department of Education hosted a delegation of Alabama’s education and legislative leaders on July 18 who wanted to learn about Mississippi’s education reform […]
Sibling Teachers Encourage Aquaculture Collaboration between CTE, Elementary Students
By Karleigh Kimbrell Connections Magazine In classrooms across Mississippi, teachers are collaborating to bring together students, but few collaborations feature a brother-sister team. In Ocean […]