Quarantine and isolation requirements, as well school closures, impacted student learning, the NCSD superintendent said.
Lawmakers are discussing ways to create more uniformity around student discipline -- including suspensions and expulsions.
The task force is designed as a follow-up to the establishment of the Wyoming Teacher Apprenticeship program last fall, and state agencies are looking for task force members.
Degenfelder's picks lean heavily on the department's current leadership, with only new addition.
Wyoming students and teachers could soon study and teach in Taiwan after the education department signed an agreement that paves the way for a new exchange program between the two.
Kindergarten had overall the biggest drop in student enrollment.
Lawmakers say they want a better understanding of how the program's costs and benefits compare with other possible solutions to Wyoming's teacher shortage crisis.
Wyoming's slight drop in scores for National Assessment of Educational Progress mirrors a nationwide trend.
It’s held out as a way to make teacher certification more affordable and a way to improve school districts' employment pipelines.
Nationally and locally, officials have said the COVID-19 pandemic has affected learning.
Since a flyer was distributed, the details of the event, and its association with the Wyoming Department of Education, have changed.
The state and local communities aim to lower rates of childhood obesity through greater access to healthy foods and encouraging exercise.
Newcastle High School teacher Zach Beam has been an advocate of supporting student interest in STEM education and will teach a STEM Lab in Newcastle this fall.