education

Roughly 300,000 people in Utah are paying off student loans. Thirty-seven percent of them would have no debt if President Joe Biden’s plan to forgive loans goes through.

The project includes helping teachers promote social and emotional learning, growing a Special Olympics program and conducting quarterly service projects.

“Grow Your Own” educator programs have been one method to attract and retain high-quality teachers. A Utah bill will help expand them statewide.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, April 14, 2021.

Despite concerns that the pandemic would drive many teachers away, more Utah teachers stayed in their jobs this year than they have over the last five years, according to data from the Utah State Board of Education.

The Salt Lake City school board voted to move the high school start time to 8:45 a.m. and extend the day to 3 p.m.

Southern Utah University’s online general studies program offers a four-year bachelor’s degree for under $10,000.

The program is for long-term incarcerated youth in Utah. They’ll be able to take virtual classes taught out of Dixie State University.

The Navajo Nation is considering lifting a restriction on in-person education. That would allow schools in San Juan County that serve Navajo students to re-open, but only if parents are ready.

At a panel discussion Monday, superintendents from the Davis, Ogden and Weber school districts outlined some of the efforts they say they’re making to tackle some of those systemic inequalities.

Salt Lake Community College saw the biggest enrollment drop of any public college in the state. But it’s also seen decreasing student attendance over the last 10 years.

Recent tax collection estimates have given lawmakers more money to work with this year, including an additional $315 million in education funding. That means many school programs that were cut during the 2020 Legislative session stand a good change of being reinstated.