|
||
Utah State Charter School Board has gathered baseline information on the academic, financial and governance performance of Utah’s 81 charter schools. The data will be collected going forward to give the board better insight into the performance of Utah’s charter schools. . . . → Read More
The State Charter School Board will meet April 11. Items on the agenda include: A presentation on criteria used by rating agencies to determine school creditworthiness. And charter school performance standards value questions. . . . → Read More
The State Charter School Board is meeting March 14 at the Utah State Office of Education. Items on the agenda include: Amendment requests from Itineris Early College High school and Quail Run Primary School; Turnover and retention rate reports; and “The Competitive Effects of Charter Schools in Utah” presentation. . . . → 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 
School grading bill advances out of committee. Drowning your sorrows in gin won’t help Utah schools, but will still help Utah school lunches. Teachers won’t have to tell parents if they’re carrying a gun. Links to these stories and many more are in the Education News Rounup for March 7. . . . → 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 
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 Leave a comment Assessment, Charter Schools, Community Partners, Data, Districts, Education News Roundup, Education Stakeholders, Educators, Parents, Public Education Governance, School Finance, Schools, Special Education, Students, Superintendent, Teaching and Learning, Utah Legislature, Utah State Board of Education, Utah State Office of Education Education News, Today's Headlines, Utah news 
The College Board today announced that with one out of five members of the class of 2012 passing an Advanced Placement (AP) exam, Utah ranked eleventh in the nation for percentage of students passing AP exams. . . . → Read More Leave a comment Assessment, Charter Schools, Community Partners, Districts, Education Stakeholders, Educators, Federal Government, News Releases, Online Newsroom, Parents, Public Education Governance, School Law and Legislation, Schools, Students, Superintendent, Utah Legislature, Utah State Board of Education, Utah State Office of Education AP test scores, The College Board, Utah news 
In today’s ENR: Gov. Herbert nominates Heather Groom to fill Craig Coleman’s seat on the Utah State Board of Education. Pre-K funding bill generates some interesting debate. The seismic study bill was only mostly dead (anybody still remember Billy Crystal in “The Princess Bride”?) when it lost by a single vote earlier in the session. Cache proposes building North Logan, Millville high school simultaneously. Links to these stories and many more are in the Education News Roundup for Feb. 19. . . . → Read More Leave a comment Charter Schools, Community Partners, Districts, Education News Roundup, Education Stakeholders, Educators, Higher Education, Parents, Public Education Governance, School Law and Legislation, Schools, Students, Utah Legislature, Utah State Board of Education, Utah State Office of Education Education News, Today's Headlines, Utah news |
    
 |
|
|
Copyright © 2013 UtahPublicEducation.org - All Rights Reserved Powered by WordPress & Atahualpa |
||
Recent Comments