The current version of Minecraft is 1.17.30, and there's a beta version of that for Minecraft Education Edition. Here's how to download it.

In the meantime, Minecraft: Bedrock Edition patch update 1.17.40 is now available, so be sure to download and install it as soon as possible for the best Minecraft experience.

Minecraft snapshots are ways to play experimental versions of the game. These are most often released ahead of major updates.