Republican candidate for Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, Cindy Hill, said today in Cheyenne that personal commitment amongst school staffers to children in their care is key to a successful culture of learning in Wyoming.

In the fourth piece of her four-part plan, "Common Sense Education," Hill said our schools in Wyoming are small enough to allow faculty and staff to carefully monitor and support each student.

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Republican candidate for Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, Cindy Hill, released the third of her four-point plan for education reform in Wyoming today in Cheyenne.

In the third release, Hill points out the importance of Instructional Leadership coming from school administration. Hill said she uses the term, "instructional leadership in two ways - to describe necessary leadership and focus in each building as it shapes the culture of the school as well as the commitment of each person connected to the learning environment.

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Republican candidate for Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, Cindy Hill, said today in Cheyenne that assessments can be an important tool for measuring accountability and growth, but added a culture of testing interferes with school instruction.

The comments came today as Hill released the second part of her plan, named, "Common Sense Education," which covers her views on assessments.

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Republican candidate for Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction, Cindy Hill, said today in Cheyenne she hopes to make the Wyoming Department of Education a tool for local school boards to use in measuring the fiscal responsibility and accountability of their schools.

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Today, Cindy Hill, Republican candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, set forth some thoughts on the importance of reading proficiency:

One marker relating to reading proficiency is reading at grade level at the third grade.  As parents and teachers know, the story is much more encompassing than this simple assumption and this limited view.

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Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Cindy Hill today announced that she has scheduled the first of many gatherings that her campaign will be scheduling around Wyoming to meet with those on the front lines of education, including teachers, parents, school boards and administrators, and students, on the shape that assessments should take in the future in Wyoming.  

“The people of Wyoming want accountability, but they want a measure that they can trust.  Teachers are asking for assessments that are timely and useful, and ones that can be used to positively impact instruction,” Mrs. Hill stated.   It is obvious, Mrs. Hill added, “that the public has lost trust in PAWS, and so it is time to move into an era that gets beyond PAWS to re-building trust in assessments.” 

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Today, Cindy Hill, Republican Candidate for Superintendent of Public Instruction, announced the endorsements of 23 Republican legislators around Wyoming who voiced their belief that Cindy Hill should be the next...

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Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Cindy Hill released the following comments relating to the recent news coverage (1) that the current Superintendent, Jim McBride, has elected to abandon the online administration of PAWS, converting PAWS into a paper and pencil test, and (2) opinions that Wyoming should drop PAWS altogether:

“People of Wyoming want accountability, but they want a measure that they can trust.  Teachers are asking for assessments that are timely and useful, ones that can be used to impact instruction,” Mrs. Hill stated.

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Yesterday, April 21, 2010, the Cowboy State Free Press ran an article entitled “Crowded Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction race could get interesting.”  The Cowboy State Free Press described Jim McBride’s statements as containing “venom.”  Jim McBride was quoted as follows:

“McBride challenged Cynthia Hill’s qualifications by saying the junior high she has been an assistant principal at, Carey Junior High in Cheyenne, has not achieved Adequate Yearly Progress in the past five years.”

In response to Mr. McBride’s comment, Cindy Hill responded as follows:  “You need to get your facts straight, Jim.  That is a lie.”  

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