Wyoming department of education

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming is pushing back by a year its request for a waiver from federal education requirements. Under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, schools are required to meet rising benchmarks toward all students testing proficient in math and language by 2014...

The likelihood of large wildfires is increasing in Wyoming with the dry weather much of the state has seen over the past month or so. Doug Randall reports. An inquiry into the Wyoming Department of Education was released Tuesday. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.

Goovernor Mead said he needs more time because of the quality of the candidates. He said all of them are eager to come to Wyoming.

Governor Matt Mead began interviewing the three candidates for the position of Director of the Wyoming Department of Education Monday. The governor said he was very pleased with the quality of the three candidates that were forwarded to him by the State Board of Education...

The Wyoming Department of Education, in partnership with MetaMetrics and the Council of Chief State School Officers, is trying to stop the negative effects of summer learning loss with two new summer learning initiatives: Find a Book, Wyoming and The Summer Math Challenge...

Wyoming Department of Education Interim Director Jim Rose announced the 11 recipients of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21 CCLC) Cohort Eight grant in Cheyenne Tuesday. The grant is authorized under Title IV, Part B of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001...

Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) Interim Director Jim Rose granted waivers to each of the 22 school districts that applied for waivers from the state-mandated 16:1 student-to-teacher ratio in grades K-3 for the 2012-13 school year. Rose said "the districts just don’t have the space to accommodate the additional faculty and classes...

The Wyoming Department of Education is seeking houses of worship to participated in the Summer Food Service Program for summer of 2013. The Summer Food Service Program helps Wyoming children up to the age of 18 get the nutrition they need during the summer months when they don't have access to other school meal programs...

The Interim Director of the Wyoming Department of Education has already made some changes since taking over administration of the agency last week. Amy Richards has a report. Hay prices are continuing to run well above last year. Joy Greenwald reports. Click past jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News

Laramie County political activist and County Commissioner M. Lee Hassenour says he's hearing from Tea Party activists and members of the Constituition Party about a possible petition drive to get the removal of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as head of the state Education Department on the election ballot in 2014...