Schools

The Wyoming Department of Education's highlighted policy examples raise concerns with some librarians.

Members of the Legislature met to discuss parental rights in Wyoming schools.

Four-day school weeks are becoming more popular nationally as education systems struggle with teacher recruitment and retention. And the Mountain West is keen on truncated scheduling, especially in rural areas.

A new report shows preschool enrollment rates dropped significantly during the pandemic. In the Mountain West, the rates of decline varied widely.

As real acts of mass violence become a more common reality in this country, hoax reports of shootings are plaguing schools.

Officials across the Mountain West are looking for ways to recruit and retain more teachers in local schools. While salary changes are a large part of discussions, low pay isn’t the only thing contributing to this critical labor shortage.

In Wyoming, teachers and school administrators who spank or paddle a child are granted legal immunity from any lawsuits or criminal charges they would otherwise face. That will continue to be the case now that Senate File 47 is dead.

Jones said times have changed and the evidence is now clear that corporal punishment is useless or worse in the pursuit of discipline.

New Department of Education data out Monday shows that student math and reading scores have suffered over the last few years. Between 2019 and this year, data shows that fourth and eighth grade scores suffered the most in math, but reading scores also took a hit.