Maggie, a seventh grade science teacher at Sand Ridge Junior High in Roy, “Vants to Teach You About Blood” and win $5000 for her school. . . . → Read More
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Many educators have been exposed to the instructional shifts required by the new mathematics standards, and transitioning to these shifts can be a challenge. . . . → Read More 
In today’s ENR: Utah State Board of Education discourses on cursive and the core today. Channel 2 follows up on the grading schools bill. Will Ogden voters take the plunge on the Ogden and Ben Lomond high school pools? (ENR guesses that preposition could be “in” as well as “on.”) Georgia rolls out its school grading system. Links to these stories and many more are in the Education News Roundup for April 5. . . . → Read More 
The Utah State Office of Education’s legal team answers your questions about Utah’s public education system here on Fridays. In this edition a junior high teacher wants to know whether a teacher could lose his or her teaching license or job if arrested on a weekend night for a DUI. The answer and how to submit your question are in the April 5 UPPAC’s Q&A. . . . → Read More 
Online professional development courses for financial literacy sponsored by USOE and UEN are available beginning April 3, 2013. . . . → Read More 
On Friday’s meeting, the Utah State Board of Education: Reviewed the Utah Legislature’s budget proposal for public education as well as the potential cuts to public education that may come later this year due to federal sequestration. Superintendent Martell Menlove noted that Utah’s public schools did very well in preliminary budgeting matters this year. Invited educators and concerned parents from throughout the state to attend one of the regional meetings to discuss Utah’s new computer-adaptive testing system dubbed SAGE or Student Assessment of Growth and Excellence. . . . → Read More
The Utah State Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Friday, March 8 at the Utah State Office of Education, 250 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City. Highlights of this Board meeting include: Signing a memorandum of understanding with the Navajo Department of Diné Education on use of assessment data of Navajo students. . . . → Read More 
In today’s news: Whither cohesive public education policy in the legislature? Should classroom-level student data be available to everyone? Standard looks at the costs of the federal land fight.Sen. Osmond’s preschool bill comes up for a hearing today. GED program will be changing. Links to these stories and many more are in the Education News Roundup for March 14. . . . → Read More 
The Utah State Office of Education (USOE) will have regional meetings to provide updated information and respond to questions about the new computer adaptive assessment system that will be implemented in the spring of 2014. . . . → Read More  2 comments  Assessment, Charter Schools, Community Partners, Districts, Education Stakeholders, Educators, Parents, Public Education Governance, School Law and Legislation, Schools, Special Education, Students, Superintendent, Teaching and Learning, Utah State Board of Education, Utah State Office of Education  AIR, Computer Adaptive Testing |
    
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