Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education (DESE)

State officials say providers can expect to receive delayed funds by Friday.

The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education said in a statement on Friday that the federal government had notified state officials that the funds would be paused until "detailed justification" was provided for pending child care payments.

Students are showing “positive momentum” on state standardized tests, state education officials said Tuesday, though the results remain below pre-pandemic levels.

Twelve state schools serving students with disabilities will close next year as part of a plan approved Tuesday afternoon by the Missouri State Board of Education.

The Missouri Assessment Program’s current thresholds cause confusion on whether students are reading at grade level.

The Missouri State Board of Education voted Tuesday to offer proposed changes to teacher certification requirements for public comment.

The next head of Missouri's education department will be Republican Missouri state Sen. Karla Eslinger.

Senators were split on whether to grant the Missouri Education Department’s request for additional funding for elementary and secondary school…

Less than half of Missouri schoolchildren are performing at grade level in English and math for the second straight year, according to newly released…

A testing company has agreed to pay for Missouri students to take two tests this year after producing 2017 end-of-year exam results so unreliable that the…