Education Week: Wyoming

State of the State

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.

Federal Job Money Funds Bonuses in Wyoming Schools

Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:01:00 -0500

The U.S. Department of Education persisted in giving Wyoming more than $17 million this past fall for a program intended to avert teacher layoffs even after Gov. Dave Freudenthal told the federal agency the energy-rich state didn't need the money.

Wyo. Court Rules Salaries Public Record

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0400

A Wyoming judge this month ruled in favor of a newspaper trying to get the Laramie school district to release the names and salaries of its employees.

State of the States

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:02:00 -0500

Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.

Wyoming

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:02:00 -0500

Unlike many other states, Wyoming finds itself in a healthy financial position, thanks to its mineral and energy wealth.

Study Finds Wyoming Focused Funding Increase on Teacher Pay

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 00:06:00 -0400

Wyoming legislators have nearly doubled the amount of aid for education in recent years.

Wyoming Lawmakers Approve Scholarships

Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:04:00 -0400

The Hathaway Success Curriculum offers more money to students based on the rigor of their studies.

Community Colleges a Focus in Wyoming

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:01:00 -0500

Gov. Dave Freudenthal called on Wyoming residents to look beyond their own counties, school districts, and political parties and to concentrate on the state first.

States Seek to Recover Taxes Lost to Federal Lands

Tue, 12 Dec 2006 00:12:00 -0500

Thirteen Western states that are home to more than 93 percent of the nation’s federally owned land have formed a coalition to lobby Washington for an annual $4 billion in lost local and state property-tax revenues on the federal land, nearly $1.9 billion of which would have gone to pay for public education.

Wyoming Mandates Prototype Schools

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 00:12:00 -0500

In an effort to save money and time, all new Wyoming elementary schools must now be built using one of five to seven prototypical designs, the Wyoming School Facilities Commission has decided.

Idaho State Chief’s Race Goes to GOP, While South Carolina Heads for Recount

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 00:11:00 -0500

The races for the nation’s two open state superintendent seats remained too close to call this morning, while incumbents in four states retained their seats.

Wyo. Schools See the Upside of Fuel Prices

Tue, 16 May 2006 00:05:00 -0400

Rising natural-gas and oil prices have left energy-rich Wyoming in a financial position that state officials usually can only dream of—a $1.8 billion surplus projected for this year, and barely enough ways to spend the money in the sparsely populated state.

Schools Get Share of Revenue Surge

Tue, 09 May 2006 00:05:00 -0400

Legislators pumped millions of dollars into education during the Wyoming’s recently concluded session, ending with a budget of just over $1 billion a year for K-12 programs for fiscal year 2007.

Wyo. Weighs Its Priorities Amid Boom

Tue, 21 Feb 2006 00:02:00 -0500

Gov. Dave Freudenthal of Wyoming, whose state is enjoying a booming economy thanks to the development of mineral rights, urged the legislature to be fiscally responsible in its decisions during his State of the State Address last week.

Pre-K Profile in School Finance Cases Grows

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:10:00 -0400

It’s a fight that could be coming to a courtroom near you: Plaintiffs in Wyoming’s long-running education finance case say they’re not finished arguing that the state has the responsibility to pay for preschool for children deemed at risk of school failure.