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Salt Lake City School District ended its community education program in July after a 54-year run. Now, two former students are picking up where it left off.
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The Declaration of Independence may fit onto one long piece of parchment paper, but a lot went into drafting it. A team from Utah helped create a new digital tool that lets readers dig into all the details.
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Using public tools and an “old student-owned laptop,” the UVU Center for National Security Studies stumped the majority of its study test subjects.
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Hilton returned to the Utah boarding school where she said she was abused as a teenager. It's the latest stop in her years-long campaign calling for reforms to what is commonly known as the troubled teen industry.
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The Utah State Board of Education has entered a data privacy agreement and is partnering with Google to offer a version of its AI model to schools statewide.
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Outside of the Beehive State, many might gawk at the idea of students opting out of coursework that makes them feel uncomfortable. Among Utahns, there seem to be wider-ranging and more nuanced perspectives.
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Changes in scores vary widely across the state. Some districts — like Wasatch County — are bucking the downward trend, while others are falling even further behind.
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The Democratic congressional hopeful was in hot water after offensive internet comments he made in his 20s resurfaced. It’s a real-world example of younger generations coming to grips with formative years lived largely online.
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The other three books added to the list are “Life is Funny” by E.R. Frank, “The Haters” by Jesse Andrews and “People Kill People” by Ellen Hopkins.
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The district said the adult education program “was using resources that could be directed towards the classroom” and outside of its primary student focus.
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The only problem: No one is fully fluent.
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Schools don’t need as many new English learners to qualify, and the Utah State Board of Education now has the discretion to award emergency funding to schools that demonstrate need.
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After her Brigham Young University anti-ICE protests post blew up, author Joanna Brooks offered a Swig gift card to any disagreeing Latter-day Saint who would spend an hour with her on Zoom.
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Gov. Cox vetoed the idea last year. Republican lawmakers insist that they need the budget flexibility that moving the money to a state fund, instead of to school districts, would provide.