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Date Headline
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 Seven School Districts and Four Schools Receive Purple Star Designation
03/30/23 State Board of Education Reconvenes Blue Ribbon Commission on Teacher Recruitment and Retention
03/07/23 Missouri Releases 2022 Annual Performance Reports
02/28/23 State Provides $20 Million for School Safety Grant Program
02/01/23 Public Hearings Scheduled for Vocational Rehabilitation Services
01/19/23 Kansas City Area Teacher Receives $25,000 Milken Educator Award
01/17/23 DESE Awarded $4 Million Preschool Development Birth Through Age Five Planning Grant
12/01/22 P-EBT Benefits for the 2021-22 School Year and Summer 2022 Are Now Available
11/29/22 DESE Awards Career and Technical Education ARPA Grants
10/24/22 NAEP Releases Missouri’s Scores on Nationwide Report Card
10/18/22 Teacher Recruitment and Retention Blue Ribbon Commission Presents Final Recommendations
10/18/22 State Board of Education Votes to Continue the Transition Back to Local Governance in Normandy and Riverview Gardens
09/19/22 Christina Andrade Melly Named 2023 Missouri Teacher of the Year
09/16/22 Seven Missouri Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Accolades
09/01/22 DESE Announces Finalists for 2023 Missouri Teacher of the Year
08/30/22 Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) Awarded more than $2 Million to Improve Assessments
08/18/22 2023 Missouri Teacher of the Year Semi-finalists Announced
08/16/22 The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Releases Statewide Assessment Data
07/25/22 Missouri Honors Pioneers in Education at 61st Annual Cooperative Conference for School Administrators
05/17/22 State Board of Education Adds Members to Riverview Gardens Special Administrative Board
05/12/22 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Honors Two Missouri Seniors
05/06/22 Legislature Addresses Teacher Pay and School Transportation Funding in Budget
04/29/22 Two St. Louis Area Teachers Receive $25,000 Milken Educator Award
04/28/22 Four School Districts and Six Schools Receive Purple Star Designation
04/22/22 U.S. Department of Education Announces Missouri’s 2022 Green Ribbon Schools Honorees
04/20/22 Missouri Recognizes Eight Gold Star Schools
04/12/22 State Board of Education Names Blue Ribbon Commission Members to Address Teacher Recruitment and Retention
03/22/22 DESE and Key Partners Offer Free Mental Health First Aid Training for School Staff and Students
02/24/22 DESE Receives Spending Authority to Distribute Federal Relief Funds to Schools and Child Care Providers
02/10/22 Public Hearings Scheduled for Vocational Rehabilitation Services
01/11/22 State Board Grants Full Accreditation for Kansas City Public Schools
12/07/21 State Board of Education Votes to Begin a Transition Back to Local Governance in Normandy and Riverview Gardens
12/07/21 State Board of Education Establishes Priorities for the 2022 Legislative Session
11/10/21 State of Missouri Offers Credit and Identity Theft Monitoring to Educators after Data Vulnerability Incident
11/09/21 DESE Launches Statewide Partnership to Tackle Missouri’s Teacher Shortages
11/01/21 Governor Parson Appoints Newest Member of the State Board of Education
10/19/21 State Board of Education Approves an Emergency Amendment for the Route to Substitute Certification
10/19/21 State Board of Education Appoints Board Members in Riverview Gardens and Normandy
10/18/21 New Program Aims to Boost Postsecondary Outcomes for Rural Students
09/21/21 Eight Missouri Schools Earn National Blue Ribbon Accolades
09/14/21 DESE Releases Preliminary Statewide Missouri Assessment Program Data
09/14/21 James Young Named 2022 Missouri Teacher of the Year
09/02/21 DESE Announces Finalists for 2022 Missouri Teacher of the Year
08/18/21 2022 Missouri Teacher of the Year Semifinalists Announced
08/09/21 Missouri Recognizes Eight 2021 Gold Star Schools