Coast schools will have access to 24/7 live tutoring
Fourteen Coast schools will soon give students the option to access online tutoring 24/7 thanks to Mississippi Department of Education partnering with Paper. MDE became the first…
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Mississippi Department of Education announces online tutoring services at no cost
The Mississippi Department of Education announces new virtual tutoring services for students across the state. Thirteen school districts in South Mississippi are on the list…
Mississippi Department of Education awards grants to five universities
The Mississippi Department of Education awards almost $10 million grants to five universities to help fight the state’s teacher shortage. William Carey University and Delta State received…
Mississippi Department of Education releases state wide assessment results
The Mississippi Department of Education has released statewide assessments for 2020-2021 with multiple local school districts earning high marks in the four subjects areas of math, ELA,…
Delisle Elementary principal named MDE Administrator of the Year Finalist
The Mississippi Department of Education has named the finalist for Administrator of the year for 2021 in the state of Mississippi. Opinion writing, the lesson of the day in Ms. Smith’s English, language and arts class at…
MDE must set K-12 schools computer science curriculum by the 2024-25 academic year
A new law will require the Mississippi Department of Education to set a computer science curriculum for K-12 schools by the 2024-25 academic year. Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 633 on Wednesday and it will become…
Former education head, contractors accused of fudging bids
By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/ Mississippi JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A former top official at the Mississippi Department of Education and three contractors who worked with the agency are being accused by the federal government of stealing thousands of dollars…
Audit: Mississippi Department of Education changed dropout records to improve stats
Mississippi’s Department of Education failed to maintain an Office of Dropout Prevention for the last 10 years as required by state law and overstated its progress toward increasing graduation rates. The graduation rate in the state was reported to have…
State Board of Education provides districts with flexibilities to operate schools in the 2020-21 School Year
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) suspended several policies today to give local school districts scheduling flexibility for the 2020-21 school year to deal with the impact of COVID-19. State law requires schools to provide 180 days…
Gautier resident Lisa McCusker named 2020 Mississippi Parent of the Year by Mississippi Dept. of Education
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced Wednesday the 2020 Mississippi Parent of the Year is Lisa McCusker, a mother of two children in the Pascagoula-Gautier School District. The school district nominated McCusker for her countless hours of working with…
MDE releases considerations for reopening Mississippi schools
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has partnered with a work group of nine superintendents from a diverse range of school districts to outline the key issues districts need to address to reopen schools. The issues are…
Mississippi Department of Education Compiles Learning-at-Home Resources
JACKSON, Miss. – The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has compiled a host of learning-at-home resources for students in pre-K through grade 12 to support student learning during the extended school closure. The resources are available online at www.mdek12.org/LearningAtHome. The…
School guidance on Coronavirus
The Mississippi Department of Education provided guidance to school districts today regarding prevention measures and preparation in the event of a local outbreak of the Coronavirus. There are currently no cases of COVID-19 in Mississippi. The guidance includes information on…
Ocean Springs High named top ranked school for ACT scores on Coast
In Ocean Springs the class of 2020 is celebrating as they get closer to graduation, taking home a top ranking for statewide ACT results. The Mississippi Department of Education released the results this morning, based on ACT tests given to…
‘Move to Learn’ at West Wortham
If you have kids, you know it is hard for them to sit still for long periods of times and teachers see this just as much. That’s why the Mississippi Department of Education and the Bower Foundation created ‘Move to…
Mississippi Department of Education releases 2018/2019 Accountability Grades
Schools across the Coast are celebrating today after the Mississippi Department of Education released the performance level grades from the 2018-2019 school year. It appears that hard work can actually pay off. Nine Coast school-districts received ‘A’ ratings from the…
MDE Finalizes Teacher Pay Raise Total
In consultation with school districts, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has determined that 40,991 teachers and teacher assistants are eligible for the state-funded, $1,500 pay raise. The number of teaching positions is an increase from the original estimate…
Grant awarded to three Mississippi universities
William Carey University is one of three state university’s receiving a combined total of nearly $2 million in grant money. The Mississippi Department of Education is allocating $1.7 million to William Carey, Delta State University, and Mississippi State University to…
William Carey University Among Recipients of Government Grant
At least one South Mississippi university is happy to see some government spending. William Carey University is one of three state university's receiving a combined total of nearly $2 million dollars in grant money. The Mississippi Department of Education is…
Nearly 3,000 third graders pass second reading test
Almost 3,000 more Mississippi third graders passed a toughened reading test on the second try in May, cutting the number of students in danger of not advancing to fourth grade. The Mississippi Department of Education said Tuesday that of 8,941…
Additional teachers to get pay raises
It was just earlier this month when Governor Phil Bryant signed the bill to give teachers and assistant teachers a $1,500 pay raise. Recently, the Mississippi Department of Education has gotten numerous calls from superintendents reporting some teaching positions, like…
Pass Christian teacher finalist for 'Teacher of the Year award'
The Mississippi Department of Education announced the finalists for the 2019 Administrator of the Year and the Teacher of the Year this week and a teacher from here on the coast made the list! Charlene Stephens is a 6th grade…
Lottery for education scholarship accounts
The Mississippi Department of Education will hold a lottery on July 14th to award 58 education scholarship accounts for next school year. The ESA program provides scholarships to parents of students with disabilities who want to remove their child from…
Reading Gate Educational Meeting February 23rd in Gulfport
In an effort to assist school districts with the implementation of the third grade reading gate, the Mississippi Department of Education will conduct regional meetings for parents of kindergarten through third grade students over the next month. Parents will receive…