Wyoming Education Officials Looking At Computer, Money Skills
A spokeswoman for the Wyoming Department of Education says the agency is looking at ways to improve financial literacy and computer skills education in state schools.
Kari Eakins says state Superintendent Jillian Balow and state Treasurer Mark Gordon have been discussing ways to upgrade financial literacy education for a year or so.
Eakins says one option would be to make some changes in state education law to make financial literacy a higher priority than is currently the case. She says right now the amount of financial education that is available varies widely from district to district in the state, with some districts offering quite a bit and some virtually nothing.
Eakins says one program that might offer a model for financial literacy is the Central Wyoming Boys and Girls Clubs, which offer students the chance to run “Wyotown.”
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