By Mark Peterson, on March 1st, 2013% 
In today’s education headlines: Executive Appropriations gets its first look at budget requests from public education. Trib takes a look at SB79 on mixed and classroom learning. Rep. Moss wants to notify parents if teachers are packing guns in the classroom. http://goo.gl/ywnrH (SLT). How do we boost STEM interest in Utah? Links to these stories and many more are in the Education News Roundup for March 1. . . . → Read More
By Mark Peterson, on February 27th, 2013% 
In today’s ENR: D-News looks at Sen. Stephenson’s Student-Centered Learning Pilot Program. Sen. Reid’s education task force bill moves on to the House. Longtime activist and new Salt Lake District Board Member Michael Clara is raising some questions. Links to these stories and many more are in the Education News Roundup for Feb. 27. . . . → Read More
By Utah Public Education, on February 13th, 2013% 
The board will meet for its third legislative meeting Thursday. Tune in to see what position the board will take on some of the education-related bills being considered by the Legislature. . . . → Read More
By Utah Public Education, on January 4th, 2013% 
Check out these Utah’s public education facts from the Utah State Office of Education. . . . → Read More
By Mark Peterson, on December 7th, 2012%
On Friday Dec. 7, the Utah State Board of Education received recommendations from the Graduation Requirements/Competency Committee on overhauling Utah’s high school graduation requirements. Among the recommendations: Establishing three paths to graduation, a fast path, standard path and specialized path. . . . → Read More
By Mark Peterson, on December 6th, 2012% 
Utah was just one of 18 states where both fourth and eighth grade students scored higher than the national average on the vocabulary results from the 2009 and 2011 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) reading assessments, the U.S. Department of Education reported today. . . . → Read More
By Utah Public Education, on December 5th, 2012%
The Utah State Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Friday, Dec. 7 at the Utah State Office of Education, 250 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City. . . . → Read More
By Utah Public Education, on December 3rd, 2012% 
The Utah State Office of Education is pleased to recognize the following Title I schools for their outstanding performance. Congratulations! . . . → Read More
By Mark Peterson, on November 30th, 2012% 
The Utah State Office of Education today released the first data from Utah Comprehensive Accountability System (UCAS), the new school accountability system that replaces the state’s Utah Performance Assessment System for Students (U-PASS) and the federal adequate yearly progress (AYP) reports. . . . → Read More
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