Cyprus High School students and staff welcomed Gov. Gary Herbert and Utah legislators Friday for a discussion on youth suicide prevention and a ceremonial signing of bills dealing with student safety. . . . → Read More
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The Utah State Board of Education will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, May 2 at the Utah State Office of Education, 250 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City. The complete agenda along with more information about agenda items can be found here. The Board meeting, though not the committee meetings, will be streamed live here. Shortly after the end of the meeting a summary of major action taken by the Board will be posted here. . . . → Read More 
The Utah State Board of Education recognized 16 Utah high school students as the April Achievement Spotlight. The students achieved a perfect score on their ACT exams. . . . → Read More
The Utah State Board of Education will hold committee meetings on Thursday, April 4 and its regular meeting on Friday, April 5 at the Utah State Office of Education, 250 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City. On the agenda: A review of the 2013 General Session of the Utah Legislature. • Consideration seven new charter school applications for the 2014-15 school year. • Consideration of including cursive writing in the Utah Core Standards. . . . → Read More 
Wondering how Utah’s public education did in the 2013 general legislative session? Here are this year’s fiscal highlights and a link to the Public Education Summary. . . . → Read More 
In today’s ENR: Utah Supreme Court issues a ruling on the omnibus education bill from five years ago. The Legislature did end and education fared fairly well. School grading was passed. Utah Foundation meeting puts a spotlight on education. Alpine District focuses on eliminating failing grades. Links to these stories and many more are in the Education News Roundup for March, 19. . . . → Read More 
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Martell Menlove will be available to answer media questions about the 2013 legislative session and public education on Wednesday, March 13 from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Beehive Room in the East Senate Building on Capitol Hill. . . . → 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 |
    
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