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Missouri DESE news releases — announcements for Missouri schools.
Sarah Steffens, a K–4 reading interventionist at Elm Grove Elementary, was selected from seven statewide finalists and will represent Missouri in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
Seven Missouri educators are finalists for the state’s 2027 teaching award. A state selection committee will interview them Sept. 9, with the winner to be announced later in the fall.
Missouri education officials selected 16 educators from a pool of 35 regional honorees for the state’s 2027 teaching award. Finalists will be announced at the end of August.
A group of 35 educators in Missouri has been chosen for regional Teacher of the Year honors, according to the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Missouri residents will get no-cost access to Google Career Certificates and online AI courses. Educators, students and staff will also receive access to AI tools, with adoption left to schools.
Missouri education officials presented preliminary 2025-26 assessment results showing modest gains in English language arts, math, science and government across grade-level and high school exams.
Gov. Mike Kehoe named Michael McDonald and Vincent Schoemehl Jr. to Missouri’s education board. McDonald, a Park Hill math teacher, fills a nonvoting advisory seat vacant since its creation in 2018.
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