PROVO, UTAH — Two Provo School District employees say they are not heroes; they were just in the right place at the right time when they saved a woman who was choking this week at lunch. Tina Fluehe and Juliana Marsh were eating lunch at Molly’s in Provo on Tuesday, when they saw an older […]
Miss Wedick has been my daughter’s teacher for two years now (my daughter Kenzie is convinced Mrs. Wedick loved her so much that she moved from 2nd grade to 3rd). How many parents can say that for two years straight their child has never come home to talk about bullying or teasing? When I have […]
OGDEN — Students woke up this morning to find black and white flyers covering other advertisements for movie showings, club events, and other posters. The flyers asked students if they were tired of “anti-white propaganda” and encouraged readers to look into the alt-right movement. Today, they were torn down. “They were taken down not in […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Federal investigators are taking up a Title IX sex-discrimination complaint against Utah Valley University. The civil rights arm of the U.S. Department of Education opened the probe into the Orem college of roughly 23,000 full-time students on Aug. 10. Such investigations weigh whether colleges have violated the law that in recent […]
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH — A group of four Utah tweens is getting nationally recognized for inventing a device to keep away birds from planes. Bird strikes have been happening for years – there were more than 200 in 2015 at Salt Lake International — but after learning about “The Miracle on the Hudson,” the […]
SALT LAKE COUNTY — An 11% pay raise is going to soon take effect in the Granite School District, after a unanimous, late night vote. This spring and summer, several area school districts announced teacher pay increases in what some described as a salary “arms race” to help recruit and retain high-quality teachers. For residents […]
OREM, Utah — New research from Utah Valley University says skipping a grade means earning more money in life. It’s approximately five percent more money annually for those who got out of school a year earlier than similar children who graduated high school at age 18. UVU Associate Professor Russell Warne says his is not […]
SALT LAKE CITY — As many as 100 homes and vehicles may have been damaged by unexpected early morning flooding, the Salt Lake City Fire Department says. The worst-hit area appears to be near 200 West and 1100 South, near Smiths Ballpark. The ramp from I-15 to 900 South is closed, which is forcing drivers […]
PROVO — BYU researchers have found that teachers are being asked more and more often to teach a subject they’re not trained to take on, especially if they are newer to the field. Ryan Nixon is now an assistant professor at BYU, but he graduated from Weber State with a degree that qualified him to […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers in a committee hearing questioned what authority charter schools have to call on the state to seize property through eminent domain laws. District schools have done it. And charters are public schools too, but they are run by private entities or citizens. State Senator Howard Stephenson says there is confusion […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Mixed reaction Tuesday night Salt Lake’s Avenues neighborhood to the “Our Schools Now” Initiative. It would put both income and sales tax increases on the November 2018 ballot, to raise around $700 million to benefit education. Taxes would go up by 416 dollars a year for the median household in Utah. […]
For the KSL Teacher feature, I nominate my favorite English teacher Mrs. Stephens. Because all of this year she has been a wonderful teacher to not just me but everyone in the classroom. She always smiles at you as you pass her classroom and asks how you are. When I got my tonsils out a […]
Mrs. Pugh is a 4th grade teacher. My son is in her class this year. She has a heart of gold and a happy, bubbly personality. My son was diagnosed with Leukemia 3 years ago, and was scheduled to finish treatment this March. His latest LP showed irregular cells, meaning the possibility of a reoccurrence […]
UTAH — More kids are spending their summers learning, and more of those summer camps now involve STEM subjects. Kids around the state are attending science, technology, engineering and math camps all summer long. At Hurricane Elementary, young kids ages 5 to 7 years old are building robots out of Legos at a day […]
We first met Mrs. Bills last year when she became our Son’s second grade teacher. From the first day we were impressed by her organization and thoroughness! Throughout the year, our Son did certain things, as kids will do, that required us to discuss they behavior. Mrs. Bills was always cheerful, caring, and wonderful about […]
SALT LAKE CITY — The formal process is now underway to put an initiative on the ballot next fall to raise income and sales taxes in Utah for education. The group Our Schools Now says even with recent teacher raises and increases in funding from the state legislature, Utah still needs more education funding. Nolan […]
I happened upon Mrs. Lott accidentally. I had spent 3 years of crying/screaming battles over math when my oldest hit 7th grade. She was assigned to Mrs. Lott’s 7th grade math class. When we went in for Back to School night to meet the teachers, I met her for the first time. When we met […]
SALT LAKE CITY — School is out for more of Utah’s districts Friday. For some parents, these days of celebrations and class parties seems like a wasted week in school. But others say it is a needed transition time into the summer. There are field days, field trips, movies, games, and water days. After […]
PARK CITY — The Park City School District is the latest of several in northern Utah to announce it will increase pay for both starting and veteran teachers. Starting pay for Park City teachers will now be $50,700 a year, plus benefits. Teachers already in the district will get a $7,000 salary increase. A number […]
I would like to nominate educator Ryan White for his outstanding service as a teacher, service to his country, and the life saving measures he took to save my daughter when she suffered a medical incident in class during her A/P government class. This evening KSL did a story about the incident that could have […]
COALVILLE — She’s a little furrier than your average high school grad. Katie, the dog, Blonquist made it into the North Summit High School yearbook after her owner says she became just another student. “Everybody knows Katie. Everybody takes pictures with her, selfies, puts her on snapchat. Everybody knows she does a lot.” Hailee Blonquist […]
REXBURG, Idaho — Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-I) is teaming up with a university in Arizona to make transferring credits easier than ever. This comes soon after the announcement that BYU-Pathway was going worldwide. “The idea behind this is to open up the opportunity for our students to participate in some of those degree programs that […]
Gene Bechthold has served as an English and physical education teacher and coach for four decades. During this time, he has had an indelible impact on countless students both in the classroom and afterhours, including more than 20,000 who have participated in his intramural program. Bechthold has uniquely combined his passion for competition and teaching […]
Kathy Dale is amazing! She is the Librarian at Riverview Junior High. Not only does she do her job of keeping the library organized and running it but she goes above and beyond. She gets the kids excited about reading and does things to make that happen. One of the things she instituted and keeps […]
