The Wyoming P-16 Education Council is a non-partisan, non-governmental, 501(c)(3) organization made up of a partnership of state leaders from business, education, and government.
The P-16 Education Council seeks to create greater coherence in Wyoming's education system from pre-Kindergarten through the baccalaureate degree (P-16) to increase student success as they transition from each level of education to the next.
Wyoming P-16 Education Council Highlights:
P-16 Council's STEM-CTE Summit feautred in Casper Star Tribune:
February 10, 2012; by Kelly Byer, Casper Star Tribune
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"Representatives from across Wyoming met Thursday to discuss the role science, technology, engineering and mathematics could play in the state’s economic future.
The day-long seminar was hosted by the Wyoming P-16 Education Council at Casper College and featured speakers from the education and STEM fields who focused on raising the quality of STEM education in the state.
“This is a consciousness-raising event to get all of these entities who are all thinking about this connected so that initiatives can be put together,” said Kelley Pelissier, executive director of the education council.
Pelissier said such initiatives have found ways to incorporate math and science into English lessons, and the key to keeping students engaged is an education that is applicable to their life or career.
“It’s going to take a cross-organizational, cross-institutional, cross-spectrum to get this done,” she said.
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