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KUER education reporter Jon Reed recapped the year in education. He said new, more contagious COVID-19 variants threw a wrench in the plans for a return to normal.
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Amid the growing calls from parents to remove books from Utah schools due to inappropriate materials, Utah librarians have released a 20-page e-book to help address and navigate the issue.
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Following backlash over library books, state school board looks to write new rules on library policyThe Utah State Board of Education is responding to public concern over inappropriate books in libraries, saying it will work “quickly but carefully” to address the issue.
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After a student showed up in Black face and another dressed as a Klansman for Halloween, Sky View High School held an assembly to address racism and diversity. But it was a video about privilege that sparked controversy.
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While most colleges around the country have seen declining enrollments in recent years, Utah colleges saw a more than 2% increase this year. Attendance at Salt Lake Community College, however, dropped for the second year in a row.
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The National School Boards Association recently wrote a letter to the Biden administration to help with threats against school board members. Utah’s School Board Association says that’s the wrong approach to calming tensions at meetings.
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The latest Utah news from Friday morning, Oct. 15, 2021
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Two faculty organizations at Utah Valley University sent a letter to the administration arguing that using student evaluations as the primary method of assessing teaching effectiveness undermines professors’ ability to teach challenging subjects and student learning.
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Five Utah schools have already met the threshold for "Test to Stay,” when a school is required to test students for COVID-19 before they return to class. Despite fears that the program would get fierce pushback from parents, most have gone smoothly so far.
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The latest Utah news from Thursday evening, July 8, 2021.
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Utah was one of the first states in the country to have it’s plan for spending the latest round of K-12 COVID relief approved by the federal government. But, the full extent of the pandemic’s impacts aren’t yet known.
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The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, June 30, 2021.