Kimberly Amen, a third-grade teacher at Pioneer Park Elementary School in Cheyenne, is now following new computer science learning standards on coding and digital citizenship – without having received any training in these subjects. This extra requirement, coupled with Amen’s regular workload and fewer support staff, adds even more responsibility to an educator whose hands are already full.

Freshly sharpened pencils are getting shorter and brand-new sneakers are getting dirtier as Wyoming students move past first-day-of-school jitters and into their new daily routines.