Media Releases

2022 Wyoming NAEP Reading and Mathematics Scores Released
October 24, 2022

CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) has released the state’s reading and mathematics results on the 2022 National Assessment of…

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Wyoming Teacher Apprenticeship Moves Forward
October 24, 2022

Dear Superintendents, When we remind our students that the reason they go to school is to learn to think, we…

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WDE, PTSB Sign Teacher Apprenticeship Standards, Creating Additional Pathways for Candidates to Seek Teacher Certification
October 19, 2022

CHEYENNE - Representatives from the The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), the Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB), and the U.S.…

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District Teachers ‘In The Spotlight’
October 17, 2022

Dear Superintendents, ‘Tis trite but true, teaching is loving – loving both the subjects we teach and the students.  That…

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WDE Releases ACT Results For 2022 Graduating Class
October 14, 2022

CHEYENNE – Wyoming’s graduating class of 2022 had an average composite score of 19.2 on the ACT according to The…

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WDE and PTSB to Host Teacher Apprenticeship Standards Signing Event
October 14, 2022

CHEYENNE - The Wyoming Department of Education and the Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board will host representatives from the U.S.…

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Chapter 26 Rules, Institutional School Accreditation, to be Repealed
October 10, 2022

CHEYENNE - Chapter 26 Rules, Institutional School Accreditation, will be repealed and removed from the Wyoming Department of Education’s (WDE)…

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FAFSA Website is Live
October 10, 2022

Dear Superintendents, Having once served in the roles of both a classroom teacher and professional counselor has helped inform the…

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Congratulations, Tom Wright
October 3, 2022

Dear Superintendents, The older I grow, the more mindful I become of the inexorable link between liberty and literacy. The…

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Wyoming Digital Learning Plan Listening Sessions Set
September 26, 2022

Dear Superintendents, Leaders are thinkers and thinkers are leaders. As Dr. Albert Mohler said, “Before anything else, leadership is an…

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Zach Beam Named Wyoming’s 2023 Teacher of the Year
September 23, 2022

NEWCASTLE - Zach Beam, a physical science, physics, and advanced chemistry teacher at Newcastle High School, has been named Wyoming’s…

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Purple Star Schools
September 19, 2022

Dear Superintendents, Leadership is a convictional enterprise – it starts with a purpose, not a plan. Therefore, it is more…

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