UtahPublicEducation.org http://utahpubliceducation.org The Official K-12 Public School Blog from the Utah State Board of Education and Utah State Office of Education Fri, 17 May 2013 23:37:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Education News Roundup: May 12, 2013 http://utahpubliceducation.org/2013/05/17/education-news-roundup-may-12-2013/ http://utahpubliceducation.org/2013/05/17/education-news-roundup-may-12-2013/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 22:16:10 +0000 Mark Peterson http://utahpubliceducation.org/?p=17686 In today's ENR: State Charter Board looks at school performance. State GOP convention will look at Common Core tomorrow. Common Core commentary. And how the Common Core is playing out on the national scene. And this may be a long list of links, but at least it includes a Letterman top 10 reasons for becoming a teacher. Links to these stories and many more are in the Education News Roundup for May 17. . . . → Read More

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