Education

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Department of Education has granted waivers to each of the 22 school districts that asked to be excused from the mandated 16-to-1 student-to-teacher ratio in grades K-3 for the 2012-13 school year

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LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming will confer honorary doctoral degrees upon two individuals who are recognized internationally as leaders in their professions.

They are Sheridan native Nancy Gwinn, director of the Smithsonian Libraries; and Casper native Dr

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The State Board of Education hopes to have its search for Wyoming Department of Education director candidates completed by early June.

The board is tasked with coming up with three names for Gov

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Despite the amounts of snow and wind accompanying, schools across Natrona County will be open today and buses will be running.

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The Natrona County School District will go forward with an optional dual-language immersion pilot program slated to be implemented next school year.

The amended curriculum approved Monday night would utilize two class sections of 22 kindergarten students at Paradise Valley Elementary School

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Class sizes will be getting bigger in Natrona County elementary schools.

At its regular meeting Monday night, the Natrona County School District Board of Trustees approved a recommendation to increase K through 3 student-teacher ratios to 18-to-1

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CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Representatives from nearly every school district in Wyoming are gathering in Casper for the Wyoming Education Association's annual delegate assembly.

The assembly opens Thursday and will continue through Saturday

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District officials discussed preferences and costs associated with a proposed dual-language immersion curriculum for Natrona County students at the Natrona County School District’s regular board of trustees meeting Monday night

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A district judge in Cheyenne has rejected state schools Superintendent Cindy Hill's request to have her powers and duties immediately restored. Judge Thomas Campbell yesterday refused to issue a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit Hill has filed challenging the constitutionality of a law stripping her of many of her responsibilities. Campbell sent t

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is getting more money from the federal government to improve its lowest-achieving schools. U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced yesterday that Wyoming will get $1.1 million in 201

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