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.
PRINCIPALS: Move To Learn is back LIVE this Fall, Request a Performance at Your School
Principals, Move To Learn (M2L) is thrilled to be back on the road for the 2021-2022 school year! M2L asking schools to fill out this quick survey to help us…
DISTRICT LEADERS: Move To Learn is back LIVE this Fall, Request a Performance in Your District
District leaders, Move To Learn (M2L) is thrilled to be back on the road for the 2021-2022 school year! M2L asking school districts to fill out this quick survey to…
MDE Summer 2021 SEL, Equity, & Trauma-Informed Workshop – Call for Presenters
We Are S.E.T for the Future_ SEL_, Equity, & Trauma -Informed The Mississippi Department of Education, through the Office of Secondary Education – Academic Counseling Department, invites you to submit…
Attention Teachers: Update on Student Assessment Practice Tests
The Office of Student Assessment and the Mississippi Academic Assessment Program (MAAP) vendors, Questar Assessments and Data Recognition Corporation (DRC) updated the practice test resources for school year 2020-2021. As…
Teaching with Primary Sources Mississippi Summer Professional Development Opportunities June 2021
Teacher with Primary Sources Mississippi located at Mississippi State University, a member of the Library of…
Official FEMA COVID-19 Funeral Assistance Flyers
FuneralAssistance_Flyer_V2 FuneralAssistance_Flyer_SP_V2 These links contain official flyers from FEMA regarding COVID-19 Funeral Assistance. FEMA is working to get a copy in Vietnamese as well.
Celebrate National Poetry Month this April!
Mississippi’s own Poet Laureate, Beth Ann Fennelly, was selected as a Poet Laureate Fellow for the Academy of American Poets. She wants to hear from Mississippi students in grades five…
Dyslexia Screener Data Submission – Deadline Extended to May 28, 2021
The Office of Intervention Services has extended the deadline for the dyslexia screener data submission to Friday, May 28, 2021. Please submit all kindergarten and first grade data to dyslexiadata@mdek12.org…
Statistics in Schools – Bringing Census Bureau Data to Classrooms
You are Invited to join the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 Data Summit Series. Designed for the novice data user, the series will present a high-level overview of several data products and…
Adopting Materials Through an Equity-Focused Lens Webinar Series hosted by EdReports
EdReports is hosting a series of free webinars for educators titled Adopting Materials Through an Equity-Focused Lens. In this four-part series, EdReports will share tools that support key components of an…