News Release

News Release
Date Headline
11/06/25 More Than 91 Percent of Missouri Public Schools Meet or Exceed Statewide Standards
10/03/25 Governor Kehoe Appoints Dr. Gretchen Shull to the State Board of Education
10/02/25 DESE Delivers Executive Report on Career and Technical Education to Governor’s Office
09/29/25 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Honors Three Missouri Seniors
09/26/25 DESE Announces Kimberly Sixta as the 2026 Missouri Teacher of the Year
09/12/25 DESE Asks for Feedback to Refresh the Statewide Education Strategic Plan
09/09/25 DESE Recommends Removing 177 Child Care Licensing Rules
08/28/25 DESE Announces Finalists for 2026 Teacher of the Year
08/18/25 DESE Announces Semi-Finalists for 2026 Teacher of the Year
08/12/25 Missouri Continues Improvement in MAP Scores
08/12/25 State Board of Education Approves to Reorganize Locations of Missouri Schools of the Severely Disabled
07/31/25 Missouri Chosen to Pilot Innovative Statewide Assessment Program
07/23/25 DESE Awards Career and Technical Education Limited Access Grants
07/22/25 Missouri Honors Pioneers in Education at the 64th Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators
07/15/25 2026 Missouri Regional Teachers of the Year Announced
07/10/25 Eighty Missouri Local Education Agencies Selected to Participate in $49 Million Literacy Grant
07/09/25 Governor Signs Wide-Ranging Education Legislation, Giving Additional Tools to Missouri Schools
06/30/25 Governor Mike Kehoe Signs Fiscal Year 2026 Budget with Historic Investment in Education
06/23/25 Missouri Home Visiting Programs Restructured
06/02/25 Governor Kehoe and DESE Kick Off the Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force
05/14/25 Missouri Recognizes Eight Gold Star Schools
05/13/25 Recommendations Presented to the State Board of Education to Reimagine the Missouri Schools for the Severely Disabled
05/12/25 Governor Kehoe Announces Appointments to Missouri School Funding Modernization Task Force
04/22/25 DESE Kicks Off the Governor’s Workforce of the Future Challenge
04/15/25 Governor Kehoe Appoints Four New Members to the State Board of Education