The Mississippi Department of Education provides ongoing professional development to teachers to share best practices for improving student achievement. The department recently provided a specialized […]
This Vicksburg Post story features how the Vicksburg-Warren School District’s Academy of Innovation is helping to expose students to career paths in law, medicine, government, engineering, […]
In his estimation, Madison resident Todd Ivey, chief operations officer at the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), has spent more state money than anybody in […]
Read about the progress of two of Mississippi’s first districts of innovation in this feature story from Mississippi Today. Legislation passed in 2015 allows districts to apply […]
By Carey M. Wright, Ed.D., State Superintendent of Education Great things are happening in Mississippi’s public schools, and we want to make sure everyone hears […]
Matty Akin Elementary School librarian Barbara Rodgers in the Greenville School District received the Peggy May Award from the Mississippi Library Association at the recent MLA Conference […]
Pie Five Pizza in Flowood is donating $2 to the Mississippi School for the Blind for every pizza and drink order for customers with a […]
Mississippi students showed significant increases in 4th and 8th grade science on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which ranks the state No. […]
Did you know? Mississippi has great news to share about the direction of public education. We are focusing our efforts to lift student achievement in […]
Mississippi History Now has just published its newest article, “Marcus Shook: A Mississippi Hero,” which was written by Dr. Richard C. Lukas, a professor of […]
