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.
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…
MDE Office of Academic Education Announces Appointment of Two Key Leadership Positions
The Mississippi State Board of Education appointed two seasoned educators to key leadership positions in the Mississippi Department of Education Office of Academic Education. Robin Lemonis was named State Special…
Summer School Reporting 2019
Requirements for Reporting 2019 Summer Programs Attached you will find information on the Requirements for Reporting 2019 Summer Programs. Each school districts providing instructional programs for students during the summer…
Mississippi Succeeds Communication Toolkit
All education stakeholders are invited to join the Mississippi Succeeds communication campaign to help raise awareness about rising student achievement in Mississippi. Our students have achieved unprecedented academic success in…
School Board Meeting Attendance Annual Report
REMINDER: Pursuant to Miss. Code Ann. § 37-6-13, the School Board Meeting Attendance Annual Report (available online at https://www.mdek12.org/Accred/index) is now due. Please complete and sign the form with the…
Mississippi Parent of the Year 2019
MS Parent of Year 2019 The State Board of Education strongly promotes the active involvement of parents in their children’s education in all Mississippi public schools. It is undeniable that…
Literacy-Based Promotion Act Communication Resources
The MDE has updated and added resources to the Literacy-Based Promotion Act Communication Toolkit and the family-friendly Strong Leaders=Strong Leaders website to help districts and schools communicate with families and communities…
Full funding requests for FY2019-2020
Memo on FY2020 Full Funding Superintendents: The FY2019-2020 MAEP full funding amounts have been calculated and details have been placed into the financial folders in SharePoint. Please see the attached…
Letter from Federal Commission on School Safety re: Emergency Operations Plans
Letter from the Federal Commission on School Safety Everyone deserves to be safe in school. Recent tragedies have demonstrated our schools are vulnerable and we must do more to help…