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The 2019 data release from the National Assessment of Educational Progress didn’t offer news of much progress.  The test, administered in schools biannually since 1969, had shown only lackluster academic growth in most states for over a decade. The latest scores suggested more of the same, with meaningful declines in fourth- and eighth-grade English. Peggy […]

The Mississippi State Board of Education voted to begin the process to return the Tunica County School District to local control

The SBE has governed the TCSD since 2015, when it determined an extreme emergency existed in the district & asked the governor to declare a state of emergency. The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to begin the process to return the Tunica County School District (TCSD) to l

Charlie Baker, governor of Massachusetts, lauded "one of the most iconic ways that the Commonwealth honors the Fourth of July" as the Boston Symphony Orchestra announced the return of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular for the first time since 2019 after being canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

JACKSON • A preliminary snapshot of 3rd graders literacy proficiency in Mississippi shows a passing rate nearly the same as before the COVID-19 pandemic, the state education superintendent said Thursday.

Dr. Kim Benton has been appointed to become interim state superintendent of education on July 1.  The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) appointed Dr. Kim Benton to become interim state superintendent of education on July 1. Dr. Benton will succeed Dr. Carey Wright, who will retire on June

The passing rate presents a preliminary snapshot of 3rd-graders’ literacy proficiency as schools emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic. The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is announcing that 73.9% of 31,068 Mississippi 3rd graders received a passing score last month on the initial administra

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A preliminary snapshot of 3rd graders' literacy proficiency in Mississippi shows a passing rate nearly the same as before the COVID-19 pandemic, the state education superintendent said Thursday.

TUPELO • The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has appointed Dr. Kim Benton as interim Mississippis State Superintendent of Education, beginning July 1.

The five-year designation is awarded for 2022-2027. The Arts Schools Network (ASN) Board of Directors has designated Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) as an Exemplary School in recognition of its commitment to excellence. The five-year designation is awarded for 2022-2027. ASN, the nation’s l