Literacy

As Wyoming lawmakers gear up to consider a bill to improve reading in public schools, one Jackson nonprofit is using “pet therapy” to do the same.

A sweeping bill aimed at improving literacy education in Wyoming schools got the greenlight from the state’s education committee last week.

Education leaders in Wyoming announced they’re aiming to boost reading proficiency with new trainings, new legislation and a new $24 million federal grant.

The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) has announced it will be receiving a federal grant to improve literacy across the state.The Striving Readers…

The University of Wyoming and the state's department of education are co-hosting a virtual literacy conference this summer.At the Embracing Literacy…

Six of the state’s seven family literacy centers expect to close their doors, after lawmakers voted to eliminate the statewide program’s $3.3-million…

Fiorella Lazarte is an early literacy coordinator with Jackson’s Teton Literacy Center. Today, she’s driving across town to the home of one her 5-year-old…

Last month the University of Wyoming opened a Literacy Research Center and clinic that should enhance literacy at all levels across the state. It will…