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In today’s ENR headlines: Park Record looks at Park City’s preschool program. Park City Promise has $1 million in new funding. Congratulations to Rich’s Dale Lamborn, new Utah Superintendent of the Year. Tom Van Gorder will again fill in as interim superintendent in Park City. New Common Core secret weapon? Librarians, says Education Week. Links to these stories are in the Education News Roundup for Sept. 12. . . . → Read More 
In this meeting the Utah State Board of Education: Received confirmation from the director of one of the two organizations that help to create the Common Core State Standards that the Board is free to change Utah’s Core Standards to meet the state’s needs. • Began the process of clarifying who is entitled to classroom-level assessment data. • Pulled Utah out of the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium. . . . → Read More  Leave a comment  Assessment, Charter Schools, Education Stakeholders, Educator Licensing, School Finance, School Law and Legislation, Teaching and Learning, Utah State Board of Education, Utah State Office of Education  2011 AP Scholars, Common Core State Standards, Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, Utah Core Standards 
Did you miss the Utah Core Standards Forum? There’s still time to submit a written comment that will be archived with the official record of the event. The Utah State Board of Education has extended the written comment period for the Utah Core Standards Forum through Sunday, April 29. . . . → Read More
The written comment period for the Utah Core Standards Forum begins on Monday and runs through Friday, April 27. Written comments from the public will be accepted via email, Facebook and Twitter and will become part of the permanent record for the forum. The Utah State Board of Education is inviting all Utah residents to share their comments about the Utah Core Standards. Let your voice be heard by submitting a written comment or by participating in Utah Core Standards Forum on April 26 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Granite School District Board Room. . . . → Read More 
Utah has been selected as a Critical Friend in a new initiative led by Learning Forward – a national membership and advocacy organization focused on professional development – to create a statewide, comprehensive system to support educators as they implement Common Core State Standards (CCSS) and new student assessments. . . . → Read More 
Utah State Board of Education Member Craig E. Coleman explains the merits of the Utah Common Core in an opinion piece published in today’s Deseret News, “Implementing the New Common Core State Standards.” In it, he explains what the Common Core is, how it’s being implemented and why he and the rest of the State Board unanimously voted to adopt these new, more rigorous standards for Math and English Language Arts. . . . → Read More 
Lt. Governor Greg Bell, Utah State Board of Education Chair Debra G. Roberts, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Larry K. Shumway, Utah Commissioner of Higher Education William A. Sederburg, and Prosperity 2020 Chair Mark Bouchard kicked off the Utah Common Core Academy 2011 at a news conference at the Utah State Office of Education this morning. . . . → Read More One comment Community Partners, Educators, Governor, Superintendent, Utah Legislature, Utah State Board of Education Common Core State Standards, Lt. Governor Greg Bell, News Conference, Press Conference, Prosperity 2020 Chair Mark Bouchard, Superintendent Larry Shumway, Utah Commissioner of Higher Education Bill Sederburg, Utah Common Core, Utah Common Core Academy 2011, Utah State Board of Education Chair Debra Roberts |
    
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