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Current Education Agenda Secure With Gubernatorial Candidates

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State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow will run unopposed in the November general election. She’s already defined an agenda for her second term that includes implementing computer science, strengthening measures for post-secondary readiness and addressing school safety and security.

 

Balow said she’s confident that education will receive strong support from both Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mary Throne and Republican candidate Mark Gordon.

“Luckily I’ve had the opportunity to work with both Mary Throne and Mark Gordon on a number of issues, and a number of education issues as well,” said Balow. “I don’t see any issues with working together going forward.”

Balow said it’s her job to make sure that there’s an education agenda that is relevant to the governor, the legislature and families across Wyoming.

Tennessee -- despite what the name might make you think -- was born and raised in the Northeast. She most recently called Vermont home. For the last 15 years she's been making radio -- as a youth radio educator, documentary producer, and now reporter. Her work has aired on Reveal, The Heart, LatinoUSA, Across Women's Lives from PRI, and American RadioWorks. One of her ongoing creative projects is co-producing Wage/Working (a jukebox-based oral history project about workers and income inequality). When she's not reporting, Tennessee likes to go on exploratory running adventures with her mutt Murray.
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