Utah Teachers

Elizabeth Grant is now the fifth superintendent to lead the district since 2020.

The bill that includes a pay raise for teachers and also creates a school voucher program is moving to the full Senate, its last hurdle before going to the governor.

Gov. Spencer Cox highlighted education, housing, water and quality of life issues in his annual state address.

Administrators at Utah’s largest public university say colleges need to adapt to the modern world, in part by improving dismal student outcomes. But faculty are pushing back against what they see as a corporate approach to education.

As it stands right now, the process for choosing a classroom curriculum varies greatly between the different school districts in Utah.

“I was shocked, very shocked that such a strong political stand was being expressed in an invocation, which you would hope would be a little more neutral,” said a Centennial Elementary teacher.

KUER’s Jon Reed responded to a school district's call for help by filling in as a sub. The situation is not as dire anymore, but that doesn’t mean it’s no longer a problem.

There are limits to teachers’ free speech in the classroom. As schools have become centers of heated political debates around race, equity and COVID-19 restrictions, it’s not always clear where the line is drawn.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert is asking teachers who have left the profession to consider returning to the classroom as schools are struggling with a…