News Release

Date Headline
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
04/14/25 Former Superintendent Named Deputy Commissioner of Financial & Administrative Services
03/27/25 The Office of Childhood Kicks Off Listening Sessions on Child Care Licensing Rules
03/18/25 Nine School Districts and Sixteen Schools Receive Purple Star Designation
02/28/25 DESE Completes Reviews of Child Care Subsidy Backlog
02/20/25 Public Hearings Scheduled for Vocational Rehabilitation Services
02/10/25 DESE Awards Career and Technical Education Limited Access Grants
01/29/25 Missouri Scores Remain Steady on “The Nation’s Report Card”
01/24/25 DESE Continues Reducing Child Care Subsidy Backlog, Fixes Payment Calculator in System
01/14/25 Nominate an Educator for Missouri Teacher of the Year
01/07/25 Missouri Releases First-Ever Teacher Recruitment and Retention Playbook
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
09/13/24 Public Hearings Scheduled for Vocational Rehabilitation Services