Wyoming education officials confident that students are improving
Under No Child Left Behind benchmarks, 14 Wyoming School Districts and 180 schools failed to make what is called Adequate Yearly Progress. That is a large increase from last year, but Wyoming’s...
View ArticleArapahoe School District names new superintendent
Fremont County School District 38 in Arapahoe has a new acting superintendent. Former assistant superintendent Chantell Denson stepped in last week when former Superintendent Jonathan Braack left to...
View ArticleWyoming Requests Waiver From No Child Left Behind Tutoring Provision
The Wyoming Department of Education wants federal officials to allow schools labeled as "needing improvement" to provide tutoring and remedial help to students. Under the federal No Child Left Behind...
View ArticleWashington Gridlock Hurting Educators In Wyoming
This summer there's been a big push by the nation's powerful teacher unions to completely revamp the nation's standardized tests mandated under No Child Left Behind and then revamped with the new...
View ArticleEnzi Hopes To Lead Efforts To Reform The Affordable Care Act
U.S. Senator Mike Enzi is facing Charlie Hardy in the upcoming General Election. In his time in office Senator Enzi has been a key player on issues such as No Child Left Behind and the Affordable Care...
View ArticleWyoming Could Lose After School Program Funds
Funding for Wyoming afterschool programs could be on the federal chopping block. Most afterschool programs in the state have been supported by more than $5 million in grants provided each year under...
View ArticleWyoming Lawmakers Push For No Child Left Behind Rewrite
Wyoming lawmakers want more flexibility in how schools are assessed under the federal education law, No Child Left Behind. Members of the Legislature’s Select Committee on Statewide Education...
View ArticleWyoming Teachers Group Wants Changes To Federal Education Law
The Wyoming Education Association says fixing the federal education law No Child Left Behind is a top priority as the group heads to the National Education Association’s annual meeting this weekend....
View ArticleAs Congress Debates Federal Education Law, The Achievement Gap Is A Big Concern
The White House says neither of the bills in Congress to rewrite the country’s chief federal K-12 education law would do enough to close the achievement gap nationwide. In Wyoming’s lowest-performing...
View ArticleWhat Will A New Federal Education Law Mean For Wyoming?
The U.S. House and Senate will soon begin negotiations to reconcile two different bills that would rewrite the federal ‘No Child Left Behind’ education law. The law has not been updated in 14 years. On...
View ArticleLummis And Enzi Support Changes To NCLB
Two pieces of legislation that could reform the controversial No Child Left Behind law are going to a conference committee. The Senate version of the bill allows states to determine how to use...
View ArticleJust 17 Percent Of Wyoming Schools Met Federal Expectations
School performance data released Tuesday by the Wyoming Department of Education shows a gap between how the state says its schools are doing and how the federal government says they’re doing under No...
View ArticleWyoming's Teacher Equity Plan Approved
Wyoming’s plan to improve equal access to quality teachers has received federal approval. The U.S. Department of Education mandated all states to identify equity gaps and develop plans to fix them....
View ArticleEnzi Pleased With NCLB Revamp
Wyoming U.S. Senator Mike Enzi is thrilled with legislation that will revamp the No Child Left Behind education law. Enzi sat on the conference committee that came up with the final version of the...
View ArticleWhat Does A New Federal Education Law Mean For Wyoming?
This week, President Obama signed the ‘Every Student Succeeds Act’. It passed through Congress with bipartisan support and now replaces ‘No Child Left Behind’ as the latest version of the 1965...
View ArticleWyo. Lawmakers Send Power Over Education To State
It took Congress eight years and countless hours of listening to angry teachers and parents, but 'No Child Left Behind' is soon to be a thing of the past. Wyoming Senator Mike Enzi is now the Budget...
View ArticleHow might Wyoming benefit now that No Child Left Behind has been replaced?
How might Wyoming benefit now that No Child Left Behind has been replaced? Comment on this topic on the Wyoming Public Media Facebook page. WPM/NPR Community Discussion Rules By contributing your...
View ArticleState Lawmakers Welcome New Federal Education Law
Wyoming lawmakers are joining the state’s schools chief in praising the new federal education law that returns to the states the responsibility of measuring school performance. The Every Student...
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