News Release

News Release
Date Headline
12/19/24 Southwest Missouri Teacher Receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award
12/03/24 Missouri Considers Revising Content GPA Requirement for Teaching Certifications
11/25/24 Missouri Releases 2024 Annual Performance Reports
11/14/24 Missouri Parents as Teachers Parent Education Programs Improve Outcomes for Young Children
10/28/24 Missouri Schools Receive State-Funded “Grow Your Own” Grants to Recruit Local Educators
09/23/24 Eight Missouri Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Accolades
09/13/24 Public Hearings Scheduled for Vocational Rehabilitation Services
09/12/24 Jennifer Jones Named 2025 Missouri Teacher of the Year
09/04/24 DESE Names New Deputy Commissioner of Learning Services
08/29/24 DESE Announces Finalists for 2025 Missouri Teacher of the Year
08/19/24 2025 Missouri Teacher of the Year Semi-finalists Announced
08/14/24 Hello, Dolly! Dolly Parton to Visit Missouri for Statewide Imagination Library Celebration Event
07/23/24 Missouri Honors Pioneers in Education at the 63rd Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators
05/13/24 Missouri Recognizes Eight Gold Star Schools
05/09/24 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Honors Three Missouri Seniors
04/12/24 Governor Parson Appoints Two New Members to the State Board of Education
03/27/24 Two School Districts and Nine Schools Receive Purple Star Designation
02/29/24 Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Launches the Missouri Data Visualization Tool
02/26/24 Public Hearings Scheduled for Vocational Rehabilitation Services
02/15/24 Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Announces Recipients of the New Competency-Based Education Grant
12/18/23 Missouri Releases 2023 Annual Performance Reports
12/05/23 State Board Announces New Missouri Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
11/17/23 St. Charles Area Teacher Receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award
11/17/23 St. Louis Area Teacher Receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award
11/08/23 Missouri Announces Statewide Expansion of Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
10/23/23 Missouri Schools Receive First-Ever State-Funded “Grow Your Own” Grants to Recruit Local Educators
10/17/23 Commissioner of Education Margie Vandeven Stepping Down
10/17/23 State Board of Education Completes Transition Back to Local Governance in Normandy and Riverview Gardens
10/02/23 Governor Parson Announces Recipients of Second Round of New School Safety Grant Program
09/20/23 Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and Odyssey Launch the Close the Gap Grant Program
09/19/23 Eight Missouri Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Accolades
09/15/23 Greg Kester Named 2024 Missouri Teacher of the Year
09/13/23 Missouri Adds a Second High School Equivalency Test Option
08/31/23 DESE Announces Finalists for 2024 Missouri Teacher of the Year
08/18/23 2024 Missouri Teacher of the Year Semi-finalists Announced
08/15/23 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Blue Ribbon Commission Presents Final Recommendations for Improving Culture and Climate in Schools
08/15/23 The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Releases Statewide Assessment Data
08/03/23 State Reopens School Safety Reimbursement Grant Applications with New Round of Funding
07/25/23 Missouri Honors Pioneers in Education at the 62nd Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators
07/05/23 DESE Announces New Five-Year Strategic Plan for Missouri Agricultural Education
06/05/23 DESE Provides State Funding for Educator Certification Tests
05/10/23 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Honors Three Missouri Seniors
05/05/23 Legislature Addresses Teacher Pay, Early Childhood, and School Safety in Budget
05/04/23 Missouri Recognizes Eight Gold Star Schools
05/01/23 Governor Parson Announces Recipients of First Round of New School Safety Grant Program
04/20/23 U.S. Department of Education Announces Missouri’s 2023 Green Ribbon Schools Honoree
03/30/23 State Board of Education Reconvenes Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Recruitment and Retention
03/30/23 Seven School Districts and Four Schools Receive Purple Star Designation
03/07/23 Missouri Releases 2022 Annual Performance Reports
02/28/23 State Provides $20 Million for School Safety Grant Program