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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...
Thursday, March 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MDE Announces Finalists for 2025 Teacher of the Year, Administrator of the Year » The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) recently announced the congressional district finalists for Mississippi’s 20...
Thursday, March 27, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Awards Graduate Scholarships » MPE has awarded $1,000 scholarships to the following 19 members to support their graduate studies: Jennife...
Friday, March 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Holds March Meeting » The Mississippi State Board of Education held its monthly meeting Thursday, March 20. Among its agenda items, the Board:...
Friday, March 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Federal Update: President Signs Executive Order to Dismantle USDE » The President signed an executive order late yesterday afternoon, March 20, directing the Secretary of Education to close...
Friday, March 21, 2025 (0 Comments - view/add) Ocean Springs Passes Bond Issue » Congratulations to the Ocean Springs School District on the passage of a $52 million bond issue with 87% approval this pas...
Friday, February 11, 2022 (0 Comments - view/add) Districts Hosting Job Fairs » Cleveland School District will host a job fair on Saturday, February 19, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon at Cleveland...
Friday, March 5, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) Ocean Springs Hosting Virtual Job Fair » The Ocean Springs School District will host a virtual job fair on Saturday, March 13, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. &n...
Friday, February 26, 2021 (0 Comments - view/add) State Board of Education Meets » The State Board of Education held its monthly board meeting yesterday, February 25, 2021. Among other agenda items...
Thursday, April 9, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Walsh to Lead MPE as 2020-2021 President » The MPE Board of Directors has elected its 2020-2021 officers: President: Devin Walsh, a...
Friday, January 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Reeves Appoints Two to Education Boards » Lt. Governor Tate Reeves announced on January 3 his nomination of Nancy Collins of Tupelo to the State Board of Edu...
Thursday, October 17, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Kicks Off 2019-2020 Regional Training » MPE’s 2019-2020 Regional Training kicked off today with an Effective Supports for EL Students training in Hernando. ...
Thursday, December 6, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Awards National Board Renewal Scholarships » MPE had the pleasure of awarding $625 scholarships last week to the following ten members who are pursuing renewal of thei...
Friday, November 9, 2018 (0 Comments - view/add) MPE Members Renew Their National Board Certification » October 27 was an exciting day for 140 Mississippi educators as they learned they successfully renewed their National Boar...
Tuesday, July 31, 2018 Carroll County Seeking a Speech Language Pathologist » The Carroll County School District is seeking a Speech Language Pathologist. Qualified candidates must hold a valid Missis...
Tuesday, June 19, 2018 Student Testing Task Force Convenes » The Mississippi Student Testing Task Force held its first meeting earlier today. The MDE created this task force to examin...
Thursday, June 7, 2018 MPE Members Recognized as STAR Teachers » The Mississippi Economic Council celebrated Mississippi’s 2018 STAR Students and Teachers this past April. Each STAR Stude...
Friday, June 1, 2018 NEW MPE Benefit: NBCT Scholarship » The application for our NEW scholarship for MPE members pursuing National Board Certification is now available. Open the a...
Thursday, May 3, 2018 Mississippi Association of Partners in Education Seeking Director » The Mississippi Association of Partners in Education (MAPE) is seeking a director for the organization. The director is hi...
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