Utah education and schools

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Randy Mott, Pleasant Grove Jr. High

Mr. Mott is one of the most influential people in my life right now. He has taught me how to reach my full potential while also introducing the blessing of music into my life.

8 years ago

Mary Richards

Professor: gender pay gap not what it seems at BYU

"It’s no secret that the BYU student body is more likely to be married, they are more likely to have children at a younger age, and that’s true for men and women."

8 years ago

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Rachel Rolf, Hillside Middle School

Not only does Rachel make learning fun – she genuinely believes in each and every one of her students. She listens, validates their reasoning, and gives them the support and room to master their own big ideas.

8 years ago

Students film themselves as study buddies in the library...

Colby Walker

Don’t have a study buddy? You can have a virtual one

With finals week finishing up around the country, BYU's Harold B. Lee Library wanted to help students as they crammed for tests with a virtual study buddy.

8 years ago

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Christina Van Dam, Draper Elementary

Miss Van Dam is an exceptional 5th Grade Teacher at Draper Elementary. How do I know? Because her kids confidently know that she genuinely cares about them

8 years ago

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Suzanne Parry, Dilworth Elementary

Her teaching methods teach the children not only reading, math, art, and social studies, but she helps them learn hard work, time management and and how to work efective and independent. All skills that are not easily taught to 6 and 7 years old children.

8 years ago

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Jennifer Ziegler of Antelope Elementary

Mrs. Ziegler has a passion for teaching all students, but primarily loves the children that come from low-economic areas that need more than just an education.

8 years ago

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Lynette Gittens, Athlos Academy of Utah in Herriman

She takes the time to get to know her students and work with their unique quirks and learning needs.

8 years ago

Matthew Brooks

Utah university president salaries below the national average

University president salaries rose by four percent nationally. In Utah, the local university presidents receive a base pay below the national average.

8 years ago

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Doug Saltzgiver, Woods Cross High School

Doug was my AP calculus teacher in high school for the 2003-2004 school year. When I went back to college in 2016 I had a terrible time in one of my math classes. I contacted Doug and without hesitating he spent days out of each week over the summer helping me understand the concepts I wasn't picking up in class.

8 years ago

Mary Richards and Matthew Brooks

Furniture company pays off thousands of dollars of school lunch debt

Salt Lake families will have a brighter Christmas, thanks to a local company that paid off outstanding lunch debts to the Salt Lake City School District.

8 years ago

This school year, eight locations within the Ogden School District will offer students meals free o...

Mary Richards

Park City School District considers wellness policy promoting local food, removing classroom treats

The Park City School District has some new ideas on how to make their school lunches and the classroom healthier, including more time to sit at the lunch table, and maybe ditching food as rewards.

8 years ago

Mary Richards

Utah high school graduation rates increase

SALT LAKE CITY — New numbers released from the Utah State Board of Education snow 87 percent of Utah high school students graduated in 2018. Last spring, 47,487 students graduated from Utah’s public high schools. It’s the 6th year in a row that the rate has increased. It has gone up 1 percent each year since […]

8 years ago

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Timothy Goodman, Saratoga Shores Elementary

When you ask students in Mr. Goodman’s 3rd grade class, “What makes Mr. Goodman a good teacher?” the overwhelming response you will hear is “He mixes learning with fun!"

8 years ago

Peter Samore

Alpine Schools could reach 80K students

The Alpine School District is building its statewide lead for total number of enrolled students -- if it reaches 80,000 by the end of the year.

8 years ago

Mark Oliver

Despite murder charge, school district says it has a “good system” to screen teachers

The Alpine School District says that they weren't informed about the criminal charge against teacher Chelsea Cook, who was arrested for murder on Sunday.

8 years ago

Mark Jackson

Cedar High seeks community input over controversial mascot

The Iron County School Board has organized a committee to review Redmen mascot at Cedar High School in the Iron County School District which will consist of 28 future, current and previous students, as well as staff and administrators, tribal leaders and parents

8 years ago

A new bill in the Utah legsislature titled "Prohibiting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Higher E...

Associated Press

Westminster administrator hired by a Nebraska university

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has named a Westminster College administrator as its first vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion. It’s a hiring that some see as a waste of taxpayer money and others see as a vital step toward addressing diversity issues at Nebraska’s largest university system campus. Marco Barker will […]

8 years ago

Peter Samore

Utah public school enrollment reaches nearly 660K

Utah's public school enrollment is growing, and the state says student diversity is growing, too. A fifth of Utah's population is enrolled in Utah schools.

8 years ago

Debbie Dujanovic

OPINION: It’s time to crack down on people who run school bus stop signs

Drivers in Utah run school bus stop signs 1,500 time each day. But our school buses film every one, and Debbie Dujanovic says that all they'd have to do is send in to footage to make every one of them pay.

8 years ago

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Lori Drake, NUAMES High School

Lori has been my son's school counselor for the past three years, at NUAMES High School. I truly believe she may have saved his life, and his future.

8 years ago

Marc Giauque and Becky Bruce

Gas tax increase fails; schools group drives on

The backers of "Our Schools Now," a ballot initiative aimed at increasing the state's gas tax, say they are down, but not out, after voters rejected it.

8 years ago

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Lindsey Pettibone of Fox Hollow Elementary

As the mother of four children who have attended five schools in three states, I have observed over 30 classrooms, and have never seen anything like the phenomenal environment created by Ms. Pettibone.

8 years ago

Mark Oliver

University of Utah students organize mass walkout to vote

Walkout to Vote Utah organized a mass walkout on the University of Utah campus, encouraging a mass exodus of students from the campus to the poll booth.