Quarantine and isolation requirements, as well school closures, impacted student learning, the NCSD superintendent said.
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A former top official at the Wyoming Department of Education announced Thursday she will run for superintendent of public instruction.
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Bridging the state’s education funding gap, devising a strategy around civics education and improving early literacy are just some of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow’s post-pandemic goals.
Jorgensen first began the Casper Reads program more than 20 years ago in honor of his late wife, Sue, who specialized in literacy before her death in a car accident in 1996.
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By providing diapers and books the community baby shower served to ease some of the financial burden on local families in need.
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Nearly 8,000 books will be given to first-graders across Wyoming’s 23 counties next Tuesday as part of the Wyoming Reads’ literacy celebration.
A new smartphone app aims to help students in Natrona County improve their literacy skills.
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State lawmakers voted Thursday to eliminate funding for eight family literacy programs, including the Casper Family Literacy Center.