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July 7,
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The
Children and Families Initiative staff will soon be visiting your
community to present Wyoming’s first-ever Family Photo, discuss the
information, and help you work on ideas to improve the lives of children
and families in your local area. In addition to Wyoming data, you will
also get an honest look at how your county is doing.
All
community members can play a role in this effort! You are encouraged
to participate. The
town meetings are called “The Wyoming Family Photo: Tackling the Truth”
and will be held in the following locations. Childcare will be provided and is
sponsored in part by Circle of Parents™. Please come and bring your
business associates, friends and families who want to make things better
for our families and our community. Basin—Thurs., July 7, 4:00-6:00 p.m.,
Big Horn County Library, upstairs balcony area.
Cody—Fri.,
July 8, 9:00-11:00 a.m., Park County Courthouse, Barling Room.
Douglas—Thurs., July 14, 2:00-4:00 p.m.,
Converse County Bank. Casper—Fri., July 15, 3:00-5:00 p.m., McMurry Foundation Building, 1701 East E Street, in the large conference room. Buffalo—Thurs., July 21, 4:00-6:00 p.m., Johnson County Library. Sheridan—Fri.,
July 22, 9:00-11:00 a.m., Sheridan County Fullmer Public Library, in the
Inner Circle Room. | ||
Update on Research on School BullyingDr.
Sheri Bauman, Asst. Prof. in the Dept. of Educational Psychology at the
Univ. of Arizona, wishes to thank those of you who have responded and
participated in the research project on school bullying! Your help
is much appreciated. If
you have not yet taken part in this study but wish to, it’s not too
late. If you are interested in contributing 10 minutes of your time
to advance the understanding about strategies used by teachers and
counselors when faced with bullying incidents, please point your browser
to http://www.ed.arizona.edu/bullying. You will be asked
for a password to ensure that only teachers and school counselors complete
the survey. Please enter
ijime when you are
asked for your password. | ||
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Five Wyoming School Districts Named Academic Outperformers by Standard & Poor'sStandard &
Poor's School Evaluation Services has recognized five Wyoming school
districts as academic "outperformers" on its School Matters website.
Wyoming's outperforming districts are: Goshen CSD #1, Park CSD #1, Sheridan CSD #1,
Sheridan CSD #2 and Sublette CSD #1.
To be
identified as an outperformer by Standard & Poor's, school districts
had to report significantly higher percentages of students that scored
proficient or above on state reading and math tests than other school
districts with similar levels of student poverty in Wyoming over two
school years. Academic achievement levels were compared with the
percentage of economically disadvantaged students, because they are often
correlated. Achieving
proficiency in reading and math for all students by 2014 is one of the
goals of the federal No Child Left Behind law. Linking school districts in
need of improvement with outperformers that have similar students so that
effective practices may be replicated is one method that can help
educators reach that target. Standard &
Poor's conducted its outperformer analysis using data provided by the
state. The list of outperforming school districts and the analysis used to
identify them can be found at http://recp.rm05.net/ctt?kn=1&m=78078&r=NTk3MzU4MjMwS0&b=2&j=MzQxOTQzNDUS1. | ||