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RIDE Celebration of Learning to Highlight Successes of Governor’s Education Initiative
CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Wyoming’s Future of Learning will host a Statewide Celebration of Learning on May 9th at Central Wyoming College in Riverton, marking the second year of the RIDE Student-Centered Pilots. The free, public event will bring together educators, students, district leaders, business and industry partners, and community members to highlight how Wyoming schools are transforming education through personalized, student centered learning.
Wyoming Expands Second RIDE Cohort and Launches Updated Website
Wyoming Expands Second RIDE Cohort and Launches Updated Website CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Governor Mark Gordon is excited to announce the expansion of the second cohort of school districts participating in the Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education (RIDE)...
Targeted Approach to Transformation Across Wyoming
We find ourselves in the midst of a challenging time as educators. Emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic, the challenges have reached a tipping point in communities across the country. For those bold enough, this moment of crisis also presents an opportunity to...
Nine Wyoming school districts to participate in RIDE pilot program
Some Wyoming school districts will soon see the first fruits of a state-wide effort to rethink the public K-12 education system. Read more here.
Gordon’s education reform program is underway and will seek new districts
Nine school districts — ranging from Jackson to Upton to Cheyenne — are piloting a new K-12 education model that could fundamentally change how kids learn in Wyoming.Read more here.
FCSD #25 joins RIDE Cohort – County 10
(Cheyenne, WY) – Following the successful launch of the RIDE education pilot program last fall, Wyoming’s Future of Learning Collaborative is excited to announce the addition of six more school districts joining for the upcoming school year.Read more here.
Pilot education program aims to bring back life skills
RIVERTON—At Cheyenne Central High School, one of the schools participating in a pilot initiative aimed at rethinking education in Wyoming, Liz Edington taught her psychology students about mental illness by having them study speculated diagnoses of great American...
Successes of education programs touted during governor’s public forum
SHERIDAN — Officials touted the successes of several programs in Wyoming schools and colleges aimed toward economic development during a town hall with Gov. Mark Gordon at Sheridan College Tuesday.Read more here.
The Wyoming Future of Learning Pilot: Student-Centered and Competency-Based
In early May, leaders from Wyoming’s Weston County School District 7 started with a slide titled “Unpacking Creativity” during a presentation to a room full of K-12 teachers, leaders from all levels of the education system, community members, and others. In the half...
SBE Votes to Partner with Governor Gordon, Superintendent Degenfelder, and UW College of Education
The Wyoming State Board of Education (SBE) voted on Thursday to move discussions forward in partnership with Governor Mark Gordon, Superintendent Megan Degenfelder, the Wyoming Department of Education, and the UW College of Education on piloting new instruction and...
“Wyoming’s Future of Learning” Collaborative Launches First Pilot Programs
Governor Mark Gordon, Superintendent Megan Degenfelder and the Wyoming Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the University of Wyoming College of Education are accepting applications from school districts for an instruction and assessment pilot...
“Wyoming’s Future of Learning” Collaborative Launches RIDE Pilots with Nine Local Districts
“Wyoming’s Future of Learning”, a collaboration between Governor Mark Gordon, Superintendent Megan Degenfelder, the Wyoming Department of Education, the State Board of Education, and the University of Wyoming College of Education, is pleased to announce that nine...