October 17, 2016 CHEYENNE -- The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) convened in Lander last week for its regular meeting and to tour the Wind River Job Corps, a free education and career technical training program that helps young people improve the quality of their lives. Following the tour, Kenya Haynes, the Wyoming Department [...]
September 23, 2016 CHEYENNE -The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) voted unanimously today to approve the 2016 Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards, the first new science standards in 13 years. The standards will now be sent to Governor Mead for signature. If signed, school districts will develop local curricula to implement the standards [...]
September 12, 2016 CHEYENNE – The Wyoming State Board of Education will hold meetings on September 22-23, 2016 starting at 8:00 a.m. at Eatons’ Ranch located at 270 Eatons’ Ranch Road, Wolf, Wyoming. The board will discuss alignment of rules and regulations, and the implications of rules surrounding accreditation, standards and the District Assessment System. [...]
June 13, 2016 CHEYENNE – Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) chairman Pete Gosar testified about board governance, responsibilities, statutes, policies and rules during the Joint Education Committee (JEC) meeting in Casper today. Gosar also addressed the need for alignment among educational entities, so that local instruction, professional learning and accountability support current standards and [...]
May 24, 2016 CHEYENNE – On Friday, May 20 the Wyoming State Board of Education voted to move forward into the public comment period to promulgate rules for Wyoming’s new science standards, according to chairman Pete Gosar. All input from the initial public input period was reviewed at the State Board meeting in Laramie last [...]
May 17, 2016 CHEYENNE – The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold a regular meeting on May 19-20, 2016 at the University of Wyoming, College of Education Room 117 in Laramie, Wyoming. The board will hear reports from the SBE coordinator and Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) liaison about legislative tasks and updates, the National [...]
March 21, 2016 CHEYENNE – Last week the Wyoming State Board of Education voted to progress the science review committee’s draft recommendations for Wyoming Science Content and Performance Standards. The next step includes a public input period, according to Pete Gosar, chairman of the board. A committee of 41 teachers, administrators, business people and parents developed [...]
March 8, 2016 Agenda includes updates from Superintendent Balow, new information about Wyoming Content & Performance Standards for Science CHEYENNE– The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold a regular meeting on March 17-18, 2016 in Hulett. The meeting will be held at the Hulett Community Center located at 401 Sager Street. The board [...]
February 10, 2016 CHEYENNE – The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold a regular meeting on February 22, 2016 in Cheyenne. The meeting will be held in the basement of the Hathaway Building at 2300 Capitol Ave, from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Board will hear reports from the SBE Coordinator and Wyoming [...]
January 20, 2016 CHEYENNE – The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) will hold a meeting via GoToMeeting on January 25, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The SBE will hear reports from the SBE Coordinator and WDE Liaison on topics that include the State System of Support, an update on the WDE strategic [...]
