K-12 Education

“There were a lot of districts that lost a substantial amount of ground. And there were actually a couple of districts that improved over the pandemic,” said Tom Kane, faculty director of Harvard’s Center for Education Policy and Research.

The Salt Lake City School District is studying which elementary schools to potentially close in fall 2024. The district has not yet identified any specific schools.

The Alpine School District is looking to close two schools in 2023 and three in 2024. Parents allege a decision was made before they were involved in the discussion.

The pride flags were removed in March, but LGBTQ+ students and allies said they’re still waiting for a response from the Alpine School District’s school board.

Salt Lake City School District used federal COVID relief funds to open Salt Lake Virtual Elementary School in 2021 as a pilot program.

There was an attempted kidnapping at Whittier Elementary in West Valley City on April 6 and another later that month in Salt Lake City while a student was walking to Liberty Elementary.

Students at Granger High School in the Granite School District are learning about the valley's air pollution challenges by submitting art to the Utah High School Clean Air Marketing Contest.

As real acts of mass violence become a more common reality in this country, hoax reports of shootings are plaguing schools.

Two classrooms in Colorado are learning about water by connecting pen pals between Basalt and Aurora.

The biennial, anonymous survey asks students questions about how they view their school environment, if there are issues like bullying and about the students’ gender and race.

Those helping to implement the science of reading instruction in Utah are hopeful the state will be able to get to 70% proficiency by 2027.

“We believe there's so many valuable experiences that a student has outside of school,” said Piute County School District Superintendent Koby Willis.