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State superintendent urges more work‑based learning, dual‑enrollment review and life‑skills study
Summary
State Superintendent Megan Degenfelder told the Joint & Standing education committee she wants a statewide review of work‑based learning and dual/concurrent enrollment, a clearer way to credit life‑skills instruction and a closer look at gifted‑and‑talented programs.
Megan Degenfelder, Wyoming’s state superintendent of public instruction, told the Joint & Standing education committee the Department of Education will pursue a set of interim analyses aimed at expanding individualized, student‑centered learning.
Degenfelder outlined three priorities within that theme: optimizing work‑based learning and dual and concurrent enrollment, defining and crediting life‑skills instruction such as financial literacy and soft skills, and examining how districts meet statutory obligations for gifted‑and‑talented programs. “We’re working currently on updating the accountability model as it relates to the fifth indicator for post‑secondary readiness,” she said, and added the state is…
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