With the legislative session completed, evaluation of the work of the 2013 Utah Legislature is appropriate. Observers need to read past the headlines to the bottom line. Here is my interpretation in three parts: . . . → Read More
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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 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
Kim Burningham, member of the Utah Sate Board of Education, writes about federal lands and education funding. (Note: In this post Mr. Burningham speaks in his own behalf; the point of view expressed in this blog does not purport to represent any organization of which he is a part including the Utah State Board of Education.) . . . → Read More
The legislature will soon be in session. Talk regarding the state’s education budget will multiply, and many of the arguments will be familiar. “This is the year of education,” will be the slogan of many politicians. Will it? . . . → Read More  2 comments  Community Partners, Districts, Education Stakeholders, Educators, Governor, Parents, Public Education Governance, School Finance, School Law and Legislation, Schools, Utah Legislature, Utah State Board of Education, Utah State Office of Education  Education Funding, Governor Gary Herbert, Utah Legislature, Utah State Board of Education Member Kim Burningham
Utah’s declining educational effort has been well publicized. Imagine, therefore, my surprise when I sat in a public meeting in early January of this year and heard Representative Jim Nielson emphatically counter the criticism by describing the effort of the Utah Legislature to fund education, insisting that it was actually increasing. His analysis seemed dramatically different than I had heard and I knew I must do some investigation. . . . → Read More 
Utah Governor Gary Herbert signed four education bills surrounded by hundreds of students in a ceremony on March 27, 2012, at Falcon Ridge Elementary School in West Jordan. The bills fund the growth in student enrollment and innovations in early childhood education and public education employment reform. . . . → Read More Leave a comment Community Partners, Districts, Education Stakeholders, Educators, Governor, Parents, Schools, Students, Utah Legislature, Utah State Board of Education 2012 Legislative Session, Education Bills, Education Funding, SB64 Public Education Employment Reform, Utah Governor Gary Herbert, Utah State Board of Education Chair Debra Roberts, Utah State Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Martell Menlove The Utah State Board of Education, recognizing in its work the continued need to balance public education progress and limited funding, has created budget priorities that move education forward in the important work of those Promises that must be in place to ensure individual student achievement. . . . → Read More 
If the Utah Legislature were to adopt the budget recommended by Utah Governor Gary Herbert yesterday, Utah’s public schools would get $111 million in new funding. But how does it compare to the latest list of education budget priorities the Utah State Board of Education passed in October? . . . → Read More |
    
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