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The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) is the state education agency of

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

. It is headquartered in the former Central High School Building at 359 North West Street in

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. The State Superintendent of Education is Carey M. Wright.

Operations

In August 2015 smoke from a fire in a nearby hotel, as well as water resulting from the incident, damaged the Central High building, so the MDE temporarily moved its headquarters to the South Pointe Business Park in Clinton. The headquarters were scheduled to move back on July 25, 2016.

Structure

State Superintendent

The constitution designates the state superintendent the chief administrative officer of the Department of Education.

Mississippi Board of Education

The Mississippi Board of Education is responsible for setting public education policy, monitoring school funding and appointing the State Superintendent of Education. The nine-member Board is appointed according to the rules in the Mississippi Constitution.

Superintendents

Henry R. Pease Henry Roberts Pease (February 19, 1835January 2, 1907) was an American lawyer, educator, and politician who served as a United States senator for Mississippi from 1874 to 1875. He also served as the state's first superintendent of education and ...

(1869 - 1873) *

T. W. Cardozo Thomas Whitmarsh Cardozo (December 19, 1838 (p. 186) – April 13, 1881) was an American educator, journalist, and public official during the Reconstruction Era in the United States. He served as State Superintendent of Education in Mississippi a ...

(1873 -1876) * Thomas S. Gathright (1876) *

James Argyle Smith James Argyle Smith (July 1, 1831 – December 6, 1901) was a United States Army officer, and a graduate of West Point. He is known for being a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War, his works in the educational system in Mississip ...

(1877 - 1885) *J. R. Preston (1885 - 1895) * A. A. Kincannon (1896 - 1898) *Henry L. Whitfield (1898 - 1900) *J. N. Powers *W. H. Smith *Robert P. Taylor

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External links

Mississippi Department of Education
* (1999-?) * (1996-) {{DEFAULTSORT:Mississippi Department Of Education Public education in Mississippi State departments of education of the United States State agencies of Mississippi