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Lawmakers put $42.5 million into the program, enough to cover about 5,000 students. Applications will open on Feb. 28, 2023.
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A 2022 law directed the Utah State Board of Education to put literacy coaches in schools with low literacy rates.
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The report from the National Council on Teacher Quality gave the test that Utah uses a “strong” rating, while 29 other states got a “weak” rating.
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Viewmont High School teacher Carly Maloney was selected by a committee of representatives from parent and teacher advocacy organizations, charter schools, the Utah State Board of Education and the 2023 teacher of the year.
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Some of the proposed changes would allow schools to remove some books quicker and without the input of parents. It would also allow certain books to be banned statewide.
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A recent school board meeting in the Jordan School District got heated when the topic of transgender students using bathrooms was brought up.
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Utah has a goal of getting 70% of third-grade students reading at grade level by 2027. As of the end of the last school year, only 48% of third-grade students were reading at grade level.
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The decision comes a few weeks after board leadership distanced themselves from statements made by one of its members, Natalie Cline, on social media.
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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.
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Eighty years ago, James Hatsuaki Wakasa was killed in a Japanese American internment camp in Utah. His story is one piece of Utah’s history with internment.
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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.
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“We believe there's so many valuable experiences that a student has outside of school,” said Piute County School District Superintendent Koby Willis.