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Wednesday, December 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Approves New A-F Performance Level Cuts » The Mississippi State Board of Education met Thursday, November 20, 2025. Among its agenda items, the Board approved new A...
Friday, November 14, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) PREPS Issues Call for Proposals » William Carey University’s Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools (PREPS) has a issued a call for proposals...
Friday, November 7, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MDE Establishes Mississippi Blue Ribbon Schools Program » The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced Wednesday that it is establishing the Mississippi Blue Ribbon Scho...
Friday, November 7, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MDE Honors Four Educator Prep Programs for Science of Reading Excellence » The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently awarded the Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Educator Prepar...
Thursday, October 30, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Awards Administrator School Grants » The Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE) has awarded 2025-26 Administrator School Grants to the following members:...
Friday, October 17, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Holds October Meeting » The Mississippi State Board of Education held its monthly meeting yesterday, October 16. Among its agenda items, the Board...
Friday, October 17, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Announces 2025 Member Survey Results » Special thanks to our 747 members who participated in our recent member survey. Results included the following: ...
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Awards Nearly $40,000 in Classroom Grants » The Mississippi Professional Educators (MPE) recently awarded classroom grants totaling $38,305 to the following members...
Friday, October 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MDE Awards $2.9 Million to Support the Mississippi Teacher Residency Program » The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has awarded $2.9 million in grants to nine universities’ educator prep progr...
Friday, October 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Applications Now Open for Cohort 18 of the Mississippi Principal Corps » The University of Mississippi is accepting applications for Cohort 18 of the Principal Corps until January 16, 2026. The P...
Friday, September 26, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Releases Accountability Results » The Mississippi State Board of Education held its monthly meeting on Thursday, September 25, 2025. Among its agenda items,...
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Benefit Spotlight: Working Advantage Discount Program » MPE membership includes our Working Advantage discount program which offers savings on travel (hotels, airlines, rental ca...
Friday, September 12, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MDE Launches New TeachMS.org Teacher Recruitment Website » The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has launched TeachMS.org , a redesigned teacher recruitment website tha...
Friday, August 22, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Awards NBCT Scholarships » MPE recently awarded $475 scholarships to the following members to support their pursuit of National Board certification:...
Friday, August 22, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Holds August Meeting » The Mississippi State Board of Education held its monthly meeting Thursday, August 21, 2025. Among its agenda items, the B...
Friday, August 15, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) 8/15/25 MDE Update » The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced the following this week: MDE will host nine regio...
Tuesday, July 22, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Honors Retiring Members » MPE provides a special honorarium for those members who retire after belonging to our association for 20 years or more. We...
Friday, June 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) The MAX and MPB Offer Resources and Opportunities for Educators » The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) in Meridian is an interactive museum that celebrates Mississi...
Friday, June 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Eliminates U.S. History End-of-Course Assessment » The Mississippi State Board of Education held its monthly meeting Thursday, June 19, 2025. Among its agenda items, the Boa...
Friday, June 20, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Mississippi Receives Highest Ranking Ever in Kids Count Report » The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released its 2025 KIDS COUNT Data Book and Mississippi received its highest e...
Monday, May 26, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Federal Update: U.S. House Passes Vouchers » The U.S. House of Representatives passed the budget reconciliation bill early Thursday morning, May 22. The m...
Friday, May 16, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Federal Update: U.S. House Proposes School Vouchers » A measure that would direct public funds to private and religious schools passed a committee in the U.S. House of Represen...
Friday, May 16, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Holds May Meeting » The Mississippi State Board of Education held its monthly meeting Thursday, May 15. Among its agenda items, the Board:...
Thursday, May 1, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Mississippi Recognized for Meeting Quality Pre-K Benchmarks » The National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) released a report Tuesday, April 29, that recognized Mississip...
Thursday, May 1, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) PERS Update: McCoy Reelected to PERS Board » Dr. Randy McCoy, retired superintendent of the Tupelo Public School District, has been reelected as one of two retiree rep...
Thursday, May 1, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Awards $20,000 in High School Senior Scholarships » MPE has awarded $500 scholarships to 40 members of the Class of 2025 who have at least one parent who is a member of MPE....
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Members Honored as District Teachers and Administrators of the Year » The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) honored local districts’ Administrators and Teachers of the Year during a...
Friday, April 25, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Holds April Meeting » The Mississippi State Board of Education held its monthly meeting Thursday, April 17. Among its agenda items, the Board:...
Monday, April 14, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Members Honored as 2025 STAR Teachers » The Mississippi Economic Council and the Propel Education Forum honored Mississippi’s 2025 STAR Students and Teachers wi...
Friday, April 11, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Gregory Elected President of MPE » Special thanks to our members who joined us last Saturday, April 5, for MPE’s 2025 Best Practices Symposium featuring Dway...
Friday, April 11, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Mississippi Schools Stand to Lose $137M in Federal Funding » Mississippi schools stand to lose $137,221,346 in federal funds due to the U.S. Department of Education (USDE) clawing bac...
Thursday, April 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Cornelius and Moore Honored as PAEMST Finalists » Six 7 th -12 th grade teachers have been named 2024-25 state-level finalists for the Presidential Awards for Excellence i...
Thursday, April 3, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Two Mississippi Museums Offer Free Field Trips » The Two Mississippi Museums encourage teachers in all Mississippi school districts to take advantage of free field trips f...
Friday, March 28, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) 3/28/25 Federal Update » Following his signing of an executive order last Thursday directing the Secretary of Education to dismantle the Departme...
Friday, March 28, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MSBA Conducting Superintendent Search for Simpson County » The Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA) is conducting a superintendent search for the Simpson County School Distr...
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