Listen to the podcast episode (MP3) Alex and Jordan dig into the screen-time reckoning in K-12 education: bell-to-bell phone policies, one-to-one devices, and what Wyoming boards can actually do about it. About three and a half minutes. Read the companion article: https://www.schoolboardnews.org/post/the-screen-time-reckoning-what-wyoming-school-boards-should-know Know the issue before the meeting starts — School Board News delivers a five-minute Wyoming education briefing fo

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Attendance is recovering. After years of pandemic-era chronic absenteeism, the numbers are falling back toward normal — and that is worth celebrating. But Wyoming boards should not mistake presence for engagement. A student can show up every day and still be checked out: mentally absent, emotionally withdrawn, avoiding something they have not named. None of that shows up on an attendance report. THE EARLY SIGNS COME BEFORE THE ABSENCES Dise

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Today's EdWeek Update looks outward and lands close to home. California is rethinking how it tests its youngest learners. A superintendent is answering school choice by building microschools instead of fighting it. And a new survey says students are warming to non- degree pathways faster than their counselors can keep up. None of these stories is about Wyoming directly — but every one of them touches a decision Wyoming boards are making rig

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Wyoming's general election shifts into its highest gear this week. Wyoming PBS hosts four debates over two nights at the Riverton High School Auditorium — starting tonight at 7 PM with the governor's race — and the one that matters most to School Board News readers lands Thursday at 8 PM: a 30-minute debate between the two candidates for state superintendent of public instruction, Democrat Ana Cordova and Republican Steve Harshman. THE LINE

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Three weeks from Election Day, school governance is on the ballot across Wyoming. Albany County voters will reshape most of their school board, the property-tax fight has pulled in the community colleges, and the race for superintendent of public instruction is now a two-way contest — with both candidates opposed to school vouchers. Here is what matters this morning, in about five minutes. Six of nine Albany County school board seats are on

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Morning, Wyoming. Election Day is 23 days out, and the biggest fight on the ballot isn't for an office — it's over the property-tax dollars that fund schools, colleges and counties. 1. The ballot: Proposition 1 turns property taxes into education's election fight. The People's Initiative to Limit Property Tax — Proposition 1 — would exempt 50% of a primary residence's assessed value from property taxation, and it is now the centerpiece of t

Listen to the podcast version (MP3) Wyoming's school-funding argument has entered a new phase. In a divided September 17 decision, the Wyoming Supreme Court said the state's method for funding teacher pay had fallen short of its constitutional duty — while also narrowing a lower court order that would have required additional spending in several other areas. Case: State of Wyoming v. Wyoming Education Association, 2026 WY 99. The decision is both a victory and a constraint fo