MEDIA ADVISORY

Release Date: January 27, 2010

Contact: Pete Smith, Director of Communications, 601-359-1336

Education leaders to hold press conference

WHO: Dr. Tom Burnham, State Superintendent of Education
Dr. Hank Bounds, Commissioner of Higher Education
Cecil Brown, Chairman House Education Committee
Videt Carmichael, Chairman Senate Education Committee

WHAT: Will hold a press conference to discuss significant gains in Mississippi’s education system as
reported in Education Week’s Quality Counts Report.

WHEN: Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 1:00 p.m.

WHERE: Second Floor Rotunda, New Capitol Building - 400 High Street, Jackson, MS 39201