State: Mississippi
Mississippi
Your Guide to Data and Services for Mississippi
SREB works with Mississippi policymakers, colleges and schools to help them improve education. From this page, find independent, accurate data, reliable best practices and ways to share scarce resources — plus details on how Mississippi uses SREB’s targeted programs and services.
Mississippi Members of the Board
Tate Reeves, Governor of Mississippi, Jackson,
ex officio (2024)
Terry Burton, former State Senator, Newton
(2020)
Videt Carmichael, former State Senator, Meridian
(2022)
Mimmo Parisi, Professor and Director, National
Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center, Mississippi
State University, Starkville (2021)
Pat Ross, Vice President, Bailey Education
Group, Madison (2019)
(Appointments to the Board are made by the Governor. Terms
expire June 30 of the specified year.)
Mississippi Members of the Legislative Advisory Council
All Mississippi members of the Council recently left office; we will update this listing when the governor makes new appointments to the Council.
Mississippi
Student and Faculty Diversity
These state profiles compare the demographics of college faculty and the general and college student populations in each SREB state. The data compare the percentage of Black, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska Native, and white students with the percentage of faculty in those groups at two-year and technical colleges, public four-year institutions and private four-year institutions.
Mississippi
College Affordability Profile
To help policymakers assess and improve college affordability in their states, SREB provides tailored reports on the policies, programs and prices that drive affordability. Each member-state profile details net price at different types of institutions, state financial aid based on need or other factors, student borrowing, and percentage of family income needed to pay for college at different income levels.
Mississippi
2020 State Workforce Outlook
Mississippi Governor’s Education Human Capital Task Force
Interim Report #1
This report outlines progress and initial recommendations of the Mississippi Governor’s Education Human Capital Task Force on the first of three priority issues: recruitment and retention of quality teachers. It includes short-term and longer-term actions to strengthen teacher preparation for remote learning and for social-emotional learning, with special attention to how the COVID-19 pandemic may inform changes.
Mississippi: A Turning Point
A Turning Point is the ninth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. The 2020 report focuses on Charting a Course to 2030 — evaluating how well states are preparing their workforces for the future economy. Each customized state report documents advancement on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.
2020 State and District Leadership Awards
SREB recognizes the outstanding leadership efforts of a state and a district that established structures to help schools transform their school and classroom practices and maintain cultures of continuous improvement.
Mississippi
2019 State Workforce Outlook
Mississippi Featured Facts
from the SREB Fact Book on Higher Education
Mississippi-specific data on population, demographic, education attainment, enrollment, graduation rates, workforce, tuition, debt, funding, faculty salaries and more.
Thank Goodness for Mississippi
Star NAEP Showing Follows a Long Commitment
“Thank goodness for Mississippi.”
It used to be that this was something you heard from people who were grateful that Mississippi kept their own states from the dubious honor of last place in education rankings. Those folks may not have noticed that, since 2005, Mississippi has been making steady gains.
And now, after Mississippi offered a rare bright spot on the Nation’s Report Card earlier this month, we have a new reason to be thankful for Mississippi: We can learn from their success.
Real progress takes time.
Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee Educators Win National Readiness Awards
Preparing students for college-credit courses
Educators from Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, and schools in Arkansas and Mississippi, in were honored this week with the Southern Regional Education Board’s Readiness awards. These national awards recognize outstanding teachers and leaders offering SREB’s Readiness Courses, which help underprepared students succeed in high school and postsecondary programs without the need for remediation.
Mississippi: Looking Closer
Looking Closer is the eighth biennial report to SREB states on their progress in meeting SREB’s Challenge to Lead goals for education. Each customized state report documents progress on both measurable outcomes and state policies. Through effective policy implementation, the goals can help states drive improvements in student achievement, high school graduation, college completion and workforce readiness.
Mississippi Moves Forward in Reading, Math
"Looking Closer" State Progress Reports 2018
Mississippi continues to improve public education on several key measures, according to the 2018 state progress reports from SREB. The reports detail demographic trends, student data from early childhood to postsecondary education, and the state’s implementation of key policies. Full release >
Educators Win 2018 Literacy and Math Awards at National Conference
These teachers, trainers, schools and districts were honored for their outstanding literacy and math practices at SREB’s College- and Career-Readiness Standards Networking Conference July 9, 2018 in Orlando, Florida.
Mississippi, Arkansas Educators Win National Readiness Awards
Outstanding leadership in improving college readiness for high school students
Four educators were honored this week for their work to help underprepared students succeed in high school and postsecondary studies. Mary Zluticky of Horn Lake High School in Mississippi, Phil Wesson of Sheridan High in Arkansas, and Marla Davis and Jean Massey of the Mississippi Department of Education won SREB awards.
Mississippi: Readiness endorsement for teaching certificates
State news about SREB Readiness Courses
In the summer of 2015, the Mississippi Department of Education
trained more than 200 teachers — more than 60 in Literacy Ready
and 160 in Math Ready. To support these teachers, Mississippi
created an SREB Ready endorsement. The state affixes an SREB
Literacy Ready or SREB Math Ready endorsement to the
certifications of teachers who complete the initial training
and the online follow-up training.
You Can Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
Sheri Blankenship is an instructional coach with Rankin County School District in Brandon, Mississippi. An experienced English teacher, Blankenship knows her way around a classroom. But Literacy Design Collaborative strategies help her focus her lessons, so students get a clear picture of what they must learn to meet college and career standards.