The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has announced school and district accountability ratings based on assessment results for the 2024-2025 school year. Despite continued improvement on national assessments, these results showed a slight dip in performance on state assessments, particularly in math, driving a decrease in the number of districts rated C or better and […]
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House Speaker Jason White has named a Select Committee on “Education Freedom” to help him decide the details of his voucher agenda. The committee will hold its first meeting on Monday (August 25) at 1:00 in Room 113 of the Capitol. Speaker White’s staff informed us that this meeting will not provide an opportunity for public comment.
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As the voucher lobby has ramped up its attacks on our public schools, the demand for our services at The Parents’ Campaign has grown exponentially. Our phones are ringing and our inboxes are full! Parents, educators, and others across our great state are incensed at the notion that some of our elected officials would align
Among our state’s greatest treasures – hands down, without question, day-in and day-out: Mississippi’s public school TEACHERS! They come in early, stay late, and work countless miracles to ensure that all Mississippi children get a shot at a bright future. The result has been phenomenal. Earlier this year, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) reported these
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Word at the Capitol is that state funding for pre-k programs is at risk. After adjourning the 2025 Regular Legislative Session without adopting a state budget, legislators now are hammering out final appropriations details before Gov. Reeves calls them back to Jackson for a special session, a call that is rumored to be coming later
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The Mississippi Board of Education is seeking public comment on the proposed elimination of the U.S. History end-of-course assessment as a requirement for graduation, effective with the 2025-2026 school year. All comments will be presented to the board for consideration before a final vote is taken on ending the assessment. You can find the proposed change in red text
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Public schools could see devastating losses of federal funds, threatening to close programs that have been critical to Mississippi’s recent progress in student achievement and to cause school districts to default on financial obligations. The U.S. Department of Education (USDE) has notified the Mississippi Department of
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Two major occurrences last week could have significant impacts on public education. Time will tell. On Thursday afternoon, President Trump issued an executive order calling for the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. Only Congress can abolish a state agency it created, but much of the USDE staff already has been put on leave, and numerous education-related
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ALERT: This afternoon, the House Education Committee passed two bills that could threaten the wonderful progress being made in our public schools. HB 1617 allows homeschool students to participate in public school activities, creating an unlevel playing field for students and an enormous administrative burden for public schools – and incentivizing dropouts. Public school students
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Wow, Mississippi!! Our public school students knocked it out of the park on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), scoring higher than students in 41 other states in grade 4 reading! The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) reports these extraordinary rankings for Mississippi students compared to students in all states (plus Department of
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