School choice advocates are rejoicing a charter-school friendly law change that has passed the Wyoming Legislature. The Wyoming Education Association, on the other hand, strongly opposed the bill.
The top-scoring school districts on the annual WyTOPP test in Wyoming public schools are located in tiny communities while the largest communities did much worse.
Despite launching a national transgender- and gay-rights policy change tied to federal meals funding, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has now pledged in court that it’s not trying to take away school lunch money, mandate alternate pronouns, or mix bathrooms and sports.
Wyoming Sens. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis on Wednesday blasted President Biden for eliminating millions in student debt through executive order. “This is an insult to every American who played by the rules and worked hard to responsibly pay off their debt.”
Thomas Kelly dropped out of the Wyoming superintendent of public instruction race on Monday, the Wyoming Republican Party announced late in the day.
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Even as school shootings across the country have increased, Wyoming schools have not yet started to require students to carry clear backpacks.
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A former University of Wyoming professor’s publications are being investigated for “data irregularities” and some are being retracted, according to UW officials.
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Despite a recent survey of Wyoming teachers showing most of them want to leave their jobs, a UW professor doesn’t think the outlook is quite so horrible.
Wyoming residents, organizations and lawmakers remained divided over whether teachers should be allowed to carry guns in schools.
Trade schools both in Wyoming and nationally have seen a boom in enrollment after the pandemic struck.
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Former legislator Charles Pelkey said he believes education should be “free” and all student loan debt should be canceled. Current legislator and Wyoming economist Cale Case says that a horrible idea.
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Sen. Anthony Bouchard said the legislature’s failure to pass any Critical Race Theory bills could cause Wyoming to lose its designation as a ‘red state.’
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A bill that would have required teachers to post their class materials online for public view died in a Wyoming House of Representatives committee meeting Monday.
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A bill that would require teachers to post the teaching materials they use in class online for parents and community members to view cleared the Wyoming Senate on Monday.
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A bill that would prevent the teaching of critical race theory in Wyoming has now passed through the Senate and is now headed for introduction in the House of Representatives.
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The Cheyenne school district is implementing a new round of mandatory drug and alcohol awareness training after one of its bus drivers was arrested last week for driving under the influence while transporting students out of state.
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After a social media post showing students from Thermopolis shooting air rifles went viral, the Hot Springs County School District removed the post but hasn’t explained why.
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Brian Schroeder was sworn in as the superintendent of public instruction on Friday afternoon. He will serve in the position until January 2023.
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Gov. Mark Gordon has appointed Brian Schroeder to be Wyoming’s Superintendent of Public Instruction until January 2023, his office announced Thursday.
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Gov. Mark Gordon is asking a federal court to allow him to follow Wyoming law and proceed with the appointment of a new superintendent of public instruction.
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Wyoming Republican Party Chairman Frank Eathorne lashed out Wednesday at the multiple plaintiffs who brought a lawsuit against the party over the way it selected nominees for an open statewide office, calling them “RINOs” and “Cheney supporters.”
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Gov. Mark Gordon not to appoint a new superintendent of public instruction.
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Legislators and parents have asked Laramie School District No. 1 to look into allegations of bullying and excessive verbal abuse by a coach toward student athletes at Central.
Likely by the end of the week, if not sooner, Wyoming will have a new superintendent of public instruction.
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A former state legislator who joined Wyoming’s Republican Party several years ago has signed up to seek the state’s open superintendent of public instruction job.
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At least a dozen candidates have applied to replace former Wyoming superintendent of schools Jillian Balow, who abruptly resigned from her elected position last week.
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Wyoming saw a slight uptick in its graduation rate for 2021, the eighth consecutive year the state has seen an increase in students graduating from high school.
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Internet crimes against children are on the rise in Wyoming and are focusing on increasingly younger victims, according to authorities.
All was quiet on Friday across Wyoming’s school districts after many of them increased security measures due to threats of violence that circulated nationally across the social media app TikTok.
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Multiple school districts across Wyoming have put extra security measures in place for Friday in response to a threat of violence that has been circulating nationally on the popular social media app TikTok.
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The state of Wyoming’s public education system saw an overall enrollment increase of 54 students this fall, data released by the Wyoming Department of Education showed.
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Wyoming’s Teacher of the Year for 2021 warned Casper school district officials of teacher burnout during a board of trustees meeting this week.
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The Laramie County School District 1 announced Tuesday that it was struggling to receive enough milk to provide for students at breakfast and lunch.
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Two Wyoming schools were included in the latest list of the U.S. Department of Education’s National Blue Ribbon Schools this year.
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Grace Smith and her father Andy Smith appeared on Fox News on Tuesday to discuss the fallout from her arrest for failure to wear a mask at Laramie High School.
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Wyoming will receive more than $100 million in federal funding for its K-12 schools, totaling more than $300 million in funds received this year from the federal government.
Sheridan High School was ranked as the best in Wyoming, according to a recent survey done by the U.S. News and World Report.
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The Wyoming Republican Party chairman is encouraging parents and community members to contact their local school boards and elected officials to protest the use of critical race theory in schools.
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The Wyoming Education Association said the draft bill addressing critical race theory is “unrealistic” and not practical.
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After a contentious board of trustees meeting on Monday night, the Laramie County School District 1 officials have decided to strongly recommend, but not require, masks once the school year begins next week.
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Beginning Friday, masks will be optional for all students, staff and school visitors at Casper schools.
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While teachers across the country might be underpaid when compared to other professions, a report from the Economic Policy Institute showed that Wyoming’s teachers are the least underpaid.
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The Wyoming Republican Party praised Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow’s comments regarding teaching critical race theory in schools this week.
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Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow has pushed back against federal guidance to teach critical race theory in classrooms.
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According to state estimates, the state’s schools will face a funding shortfall of about $300 million a year.
A pair of bills proposing increases in the statewide sales tax being debated in the Wyoming House of Representatives saw divided fortunes Tuesday.
26 school districts in Wyoming have moved to a four-day school week to meet the changing needs of students and staff.
Maintaining the state’s quality of education is the most important issue facing the Legislature during its general session, Gov. Mark Gordon said Tuesday.
Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow joined four other western state superintendents to ask President Joe Biden to reconsider his recent energy lockdown.
Campbell County students explain why using punctuation can come across as hostile.
The Wyoming School Board Association has expressed its opposition to a recently proposed bill that would consolidate Wyoming’s school district from 48 to 24.
Rep. Dan Zwonitzer recently introduced House Bill 77, which would cut the amount of Wyoming’s school districts in half, down from 48 to 24 (one per Wyoming county and one for the Wind River Reservation).
Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow on Monday harshly criticized President Joe Biden’s moratorium on oil and gas leasing on federal lands as a threat to Wyoming’s schools.
Gov. Mark Gordon and Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow, in a letter sent to students at the UW’s College of Education, asked those who are certified as substitute teachers to act as substitutes during the period between the UW’s fall and spring semesters.
Laramie County Community College in Cheyenne is going through a major reorganization and reduction process, eliminating more than 30 positions and eyeing certain programs for changes.
In some non-coronavirus related news for Wyoming, the state’s Department of Education announced it received a grant from Microsoft for nearly $100,000.
An upcoming documentary will showcase Wyoming students on a road trip across the state, but applicants are still needed.
Young students present challenges in contact tracing, as they are unable to effectively participate in contact tracing interviews, they cannot reliably determine who they have interacted with at school, and parents are not able to provide this information.
Accountability from our schools has been an ongoing concern for years as the Legislature has struggled to understand how much the state spends for the results received. I remember a bill I sponsored years ago in an attempt to address this issue.
I never served on the Senate Education Committee, but participated in many discussions on school funding formulas, education expenses, school construction, curriculum, teacher salaries and administrative costs.
In case you might’ve heard otherwise, please rest assured that a substitute teacher does not, in fact, hold the top-paying job in Fremont County School District 25 in Riverton. They’re not paying a custodian $120,000 a year, either.
Poverty, a widely diverse student population and cultural differences all contribute to the low college preparedness exam scores posted by Fremont County schools, according to educators.
More than 1,500 grade school students from around Wyoming gathered in Cheyenne on Friday to learn more about the state’s agriculture industry.
For students at the Wyoming Virtual Academy, all they need to attend class is a computer and a reliable internet connection.
“It’s not a question of how important it is to the future; it is the future,” Trowbridge said of computer technology. “Every bit of the future for Wyoming is going to require computer science skills. If you do not know 20 to 25 years from now how to talk to computers, how to write code, you will not have a job. Plain and simple.”
Wyoming’s community colleges may be offering 4-year degrees in the future under legislation approved in its second reading in Wyoming’s Senate on Monday.
