Integrating Computer Science across Wyoming’s K-12 Curriculum from Inception to Implementation: Analysis Using Systems Theory
Abstract
In 2001, the Wyoming Supreme Court ruled in State v. Campbell County that every Wyoming K‑12 student has constitutional protection for a fair, complete, and equal education appropriate for the times. This protection results in the universal availability of a “basket of goods,” or a set of educational deliverables guaranteed to each student independent of the resources of individual school districts. In 2019, an executive action by Governor Matt Mead added to the deliverables “the use and understanding of computer science.” His executive action initiated a system in which universal computer science became available to every Wyoming K-12 student by the 2022–2023 school year.