This section of the EdUpdate includes important notifications from the Mississippi Department of Education to school and district superintendents and administrators. These announcements will remain posted for 90 days. View information about professional development opportunities and resources in other sections of the EdUpdate.
School Recognition Program Teacher Award Criteria
Per guidance by the Legislature, the School Recognition Program award shall be paid to the current staff of the eligible school. There is no requirement to pay any portion of…
State Board to Consider Eliminating U.S. History Assessment
The Commission on School Accreditation voted unanimously on Aug. 19 to accept the recommendation of the Mississippi Testing Task Force and to recommend the Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) begin…
Mississippi State Fair Field Trip Opportunity – Oct. 11
The Mississippi State Fair will offer a special Field Trip Day for every school in the state. On Friday, October 11 the State Fair will open 4 hours early exclusively…
Literacy-Based Promotion Act Social Media Playbook: English and Spanish Versions Available
This Social Media Playbook is designed to leverage digital media channels to drive awareness and increase the reach of Mississippi’s statewide K-3 literacy campaign. The Playbook is also available in…
LETRS 3rd Edition Training
8.8.19 LETRS_MS_MDE_Flyer_2019_R8 The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE), through the Office of Elementary Education and Reading, is offering LETRS 3rd Edition Training. LETRS 3rd Edition bridges meaningful research into practical classroom strategies. It provides educators with…
Accountability and Licensure Guidelines Administrative Procedures Act (APA) Notices
Administrative Procedures Act (APA): There are two new APA postings that were approved by the SBE for the Office of Accountability. On July 18, 2019, the State Board of Education…
Memorandum: Year One Special, Non-Renewable License for Prospective Non-traditional Teacher Preparation Program Completers One-Year Extension
Special Non-Renewable License One Year Reprieve – Memo July 2019 Special Non-Renewable License One Year Reprieve – PDF of Memo July 2019 with Hyperlinks Dear local Superintendents of Education, Officials…
MDE Launches New Teacher Recruitment Campaign: TeachMS
Teachers and districts are encouraged to partner with the MDE to promote the new teacher recruitment campaign, TeachMS, to encourage high school and college students and professionals seeking a new…
FAY, Demographic, and ACT data
The ACT instructions file that was sent this morning noted the ACT Reading benchmark to be 18, it should be 22. For further reference, the ACT benchmarks published by ACT…
New Data Map Feature Added to Mississippi Succeeds Report Card
The Mississippi Department of Education added a new data map feature to the Mississippi Succeeds Report Card that compares school and district performance across the state. The interactive data map…