Wyoming high school dropout rate to be topic of education summit

State education leaders say they are looking for new ways to improve Wyoming’s high school graduation rate, which ranks about in the middle of all states.

Preventing students from dropping out will be the focus of an education summit Aug. 5-6 in Cheyenne. The State Board of Education and Wyoming P-16 Education Council will host the meeting.

The Board of Education has named three general priorities for improving the graduation rate: boosting students’ sense of belonging in school, improving tracking of school attendance, and encouraging schools to adopt appropriate and rigorous curricula, board Chairman Bill Anthony said.

"When a kid drops out, they just don’t do themselves any good – they don’t do the economy any good. We really need to do a better job of keeping them in," Anthony said.

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