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Laramie County school district may define ‘sexually explicit,’ consider opt-in book policy
… can choose regarding their child’s access to library content. By clicking a button in the online portal, parents can choose to opt out of certain content — although the content areas and library materials … she’s heard from constituents that the opt-out policy is enough, and added that the numbers show the same thing. …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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State updates standards to lighten teacher loads
… education system. He said the state will narrow down the content standards teachers must meet to a focused group of … and state testing. The state now has more than 1,800 K-12 content standards across 10 content areas, according to a … “All kinds of research shows that teachers don’t have enough days in a school year to cover all of the content …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Library board puts additional policy changes out for public comment
… place of a book that is relocated because of inappropriate content, creating a list of books that are moved through the … it’s damaged and a book being moved because of its content, Anderson said, adding that if the latter happens, … book, including the title. I feel like that’s transparent enough.” One of the proposed changes states that if …
admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38
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Early education and planning key for youth social media safety
… safe for my kids.’ The answer is that we don’t have enough evidence to say it’s safe, and in fact, there is … variety of factors such as time spent on the platforms, the content those platforms expose them to and the nature of the … and sleep. “Children are exposed to harmful content on social media, ranging from violent and sexual …
admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38
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Library debate rages on, 15 months later
… residents voiced their concerns about books with sexual content that were readily available to kids and teens in the … idea is something like, put an ‘S’ if there’s sexual content, a ‘V’ if there’s a violence,” Bear said, … rapes, addictions,” she said. “Young people have enough to deal with in school that they don’t need these …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Wyoming test scores improve, but stay under pre-pandemic levels
… Proficiency rates among Wyoming students increased in all content areas during the 2022-23 school year, according to … IEPs or learning disabilities, proficiency below 50% in any content area or grade is not good enough.” The state superintendent said several …
admin - 01/03/2024 - 18:38
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Sheridan school districts committed to transparency, but mixed on new WDE initiative
… though some say existing transparency efforts are already enough. Sheridan County School District 1 is the only local … by the WDE that lists those resources by grade level and content area. But the initiative isn’t required by … resources being used in each school, grade level and content area, and that information will be posted on the …
admin - 02/19/2024 - 16:16
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Spotlight placed on education during general session
… process.” She said the initial increase may not be enough, but it is a positive step toward helping them and … current funding model is broken,” he said, adding he was content with the passage of the “School finance-career …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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The newest cyber threat faced by Wyoming youth
… perpetrators of sextortion are not only seeking explicit content of children, identified by Uprising staff as child … of sextortion is to remind them that sending explicit content removes their control over what might happen with … McDonald continued. “I just try to get folks comfortable enough to deal with someone that does have the tools to help …
admin - 09/11/2023 - 22:50
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Sheridan County librarian expresses concern on proposed School District 1 library resource policies
… or profanity/obscenity. Per the policy, it would also ban content portraying “explicit sexual nudity (depictions of … your commitment to ensuring our children's educational content is appropriate and safe … While the intention … library and curriculum resource policies were not stringent enough. She also said the reconsideration committee — …
Publisher - 03/21/2024 - 22:04