District planning for the upcoming year will present new challenges for superintendents and administrators. Parents and students are trying to make sure that schools will […]
To maintain the safety of MDE staff and to better serve education stakeholders, the Educator Licensure Call Center will reopen on an abbreviated schedule with […]
Beginning August 2020, each local school district must administer the Comprehensive Early Learning Observational Assessment, Brigance Screener III to every public pre-kindergarten student. The Screener […]
This training is offered to teachers that need to acquire twelve hours of approved early childhood coursework to teach in pre-k classrooms. The completion of […]
The Early Childhood Education Conference that occurs in July has been cancelled. As an option for teachers and administrators of pre-K and Kindergarten classrooms the […]
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), signed into law on March 27, 2020, allows states and school districts to devote more […]
Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. ยง 37-41-1, all public-school bus drivers are required to be re-certified every two years through the Mississippi Department of Education […]
As school closures continue and as the state develops plans to direct resources to the areas of greatest need, the MDE has prepared two brief […]
We appreciate the time you took in early April to respond to the initial request from the MDE regarding current efforts to support students who […]
Superintendents, In an effort to free you and your staff from a burdensome process, I contacted State Auditor, Shad White, to request an exemption to […]
