Schools

As Wyoming starts recalibrating its public school funding, state educators and parents have brought a second lawsuit alleging the state is failing to support its schools.

Of the state’s 48 school districts, 26 now have alternative schedules. There are benefits and challenges that come with the trend.

About $45 million went toward helping families of unhoused students in our region with basic necessities so students could concentrate on getting to class and doing schoolwork. But advocates fear that progress could be erased.

The judge ruled that the state’s public school funding model is unconstitutional because it hasn’t properly accounted for inflation.

According to a new policy in Colorado Springs, students need to put their phones away all day inside special pouches. Schools in Boise, Salt Lake City, and Las Vegas already have similar policies.

As students head back to class, a new report shows that climate change is making it harder to keep schools at cool and safe temperatures.

Mountain West states have millions of dollars left to help the student population experiencing homelessness and must decide where they’re going by the end of September. But they’re optimistic they can meet the deadline.

On a sunny May morning, more than a 100 fifth graders played and explored in an open grassy clearing, surrounded by pine trees on the banks of the rushing Buffalo Fork River. They were attending the annual Blackrock Field Camp, a two-day educational event put on by the U.S. Forest Service each year for students from elementary schools on the Wind River Reservation.

As high school and college students plan for their graduations, some Native students in the Mountain West and beyond could face resistance for wanting to wear tribal regalia with their caps and gowns.

A vigil to honor a young teen who was stabbed and killed at a mall in Casper is set for Thursday night.