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By Ellen Fike, Cowboy State Daily While teachers across the country might be underpaid when compared to other professions, a report from the Economic Policy Institute showed that Wyoming’s teachers are the least underpaid. A statistic from the EPI’s September 2020 report that shows public school teachers make about 20% less than college graduates who are not teachers has been making the rounds on social media lately. However, the report also showed that Wyoming’s teachers are paid bette...

Structural Deficits Present a Challenging Outlook for Wyoming’s K-12 Education Funding Grace Foulk © Provided by Cheyenne-Scottsbluff KGWN-TV Wyoming Senators start a hybrid session at the Wyoming State Capitol. CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Press Release) - Wyoming’s K-12 Education (School Foundation Program (SFP) and School Capital Construction Account (SCCA)) are facing a $300 million annual structural deficit. This shortfall owes to rapidly declining coal and natural gas production...