School Accountability

Literacy Meetings for K-3 Families Announced by MDE

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The Mississippi Department of Education has announced a series of regional literacy meetings to provide families of public school students in kindergarten through grade 3 an overview of assessments and other requirements associated with the Literacy-Based Promotion Act, often referred to as the third-grade reading gate. The meetings will focus on practical strategies families can use to […]

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State Assessment Results Announced

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The Mississippi Department of Education has released the results of the 2025-2026 state assessments. A key takeaway is that school districts across the state have done yeoman’s work to maintain the high rates of achievement that were attained post-COVID with the aid of $2.5-billion in federal pandemic relief funding. Our public schools’ extraordinarily good use of

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MDE Seeks Public Comment on New Kindergarten and Homeschool Guidelines

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The Mississippi Department of Education is requesting public comment on its proposed revisions to two sets of guidelines, the Mississippi Kindergarten Guidelines and the Home School Guidelines. The deadline for submitting public comments on either is 5:00 p.m. on August 23, 2026. The proposed changes to the Kindergarten Guidelines, which are rather extensive, include significantly more detailed standards for

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Your School District’s Funding, More Acclaim for Mississippi Public Schools

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The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) reports that, for the third year in a row, the Mississippi Legislature has fully funded the Mississippi Student Funding Formula (MSFF). Included in the 2026-2027 school district allocations is a $2,000 pay raise for teachers and assistant teachers. The additional one-time $2,000 salary supplement for special education teachers is not reflected

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Some Harmful, Some Helpful Education Bills – Please Call

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Today was the deadline for bills to pass the chamber in which the bill originated. See below the fate of the bills we are following. BILLS WE OPPOSE – Ask legislators to VOTE NO HB 1234 – School accountability dashboard – Creates enormous, unnecessary, and costly administrative tasks for public schools, mandating new accountability “dashboards” on which

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Teacher Pay Raise Passes Full House

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The House of Representatives has passed unanimously a $5,000 across-the-board teacher pay raise and an additional $3,000 increase for special education teachers who are teaching in the special education field in a public school. See the vote. Included in that bill (HB 1126) are numerous provisions unrelated to teacher salaries, provisions we believe should be dealt with in

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Wonderful News on Deadline Day

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This afternoon, the House Education and Appropriations Committees passed HB 1126, calling for a $5,000 across-the-board teacher pay raise and an additional $3,000 increase for special education teachers who are teaching in the special education field in a public school. HB 1126 now will go to the full House for a vote. In other big news, the Senate

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Education Bills Need Attention – Please Call

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We need your help with a variety of bills awaiting votes in the House and Senate – some good and some very bad. Please reach out to your legislators right away about the following bills.  Bills awaiting House votes:HB 1234 – School accountability dashboard – Creates new accountability “dashboards” on which public schools would be required

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Literacy, Math Bills Pass Senate Education Committee

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Last Thursday, the Senate Education Committee passed a number of bills, two of which we are following closely: SB 2487 – provides an expansion of Mississippi’s literacy initiative into the middle grades, an issue that has been on The Parents’ Campaign’s legislative priorities list for several years. The committee substitute for SB 2487, the amended version of

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The Team That Delivers: Team PUBLIC SCHOOLS!

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In less than three weeks the Mississippi Legislature will convene the 2026 Legislative Session, one that promises to be extremely consequential for every Mississippi child and community. We need your help to ensure that this session is a win for our children, our public schools, and our communities. The remarkable work being done in Mississippi’s

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