Martha Harris
Education ReporterMartha is KUER’s education reporter and comes to us from KSL NewsRadio. They spent time interning for Wyoming Public Radio, KUER, and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Martha studied journalism at Brigham Young University and grew up in Portland, Oregon. And while they miss Oregon’s rain, they love Utah’s mountains. When they’re not working, you can probably find Martha at a concert, running, or listening to musicals.
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Latino parents say the school's “Padres y Madres Líderes” group has given them the confidence to get more deeply involved with their kid’s education. -
The U.S. Department of Education’s rollout of an updated student aid application promised to make the process easier. But riddled with problems, the number of completed applications have dropped. -
Weber State University, Salt Lake Community College y la Universidad de Utah han dicho que quieren convertirse en instituciones al servicio de los hispanos. Es una designación federal en la que al menos 25% del cuerpo estudiantil es hispano. -
Weber State University, Salt Lake Community College and The University of Utah have all said they want to become Hispanic-Serving Institutions. It’s a federal designation where at least 25% of the student body is Hispanic.
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Back when they rented, first-time homebuyer Erin Hardy and her husband estimate that a third of their income was spent on housing. She said their mortgage is almost double what they were paying in rent. -
Since the Latino Parent Leaders group started a couple of years ago, the number of students passing end-of-year tests at a Heber City, Utah, middle school has gone up. -
The Iron County School Board retired the name in 2019, but on March 26 the board voted to put the issue on the ballot as soon as possible. -
The Utah Board of Higher Education approved an average of 3.3% tuition and fee increases for the state’s public colleges. -
The Alpine School District is currently exploring breaking up into two or three new districts. The issue could be on the November ballot. -
“The ‘microschooling’ term definitely means different things to different people. And it’s still evolving,” said Tulane University economics professor Douglas Harris. -
The Utah State Board of Education has debated requiring that school districts hand over this information to charters. Without any agreement, they’re going back to the drawing board -
Lawmakers increased Utah’s per-pupil funding by 5%, which is 1.2% more than they were required to increase it.
