Education Week: Utah

Education Issues Factor Into Governors' Races

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:04:00 -0400

As gubernatorial campaigns heat up around the country, K-12 policy feeds into the fight, though specifics vary state to state.

Momentum Builds for Dual-Language Learning

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:03:00 -0400

Growing numbers of schools are offering dual-language classes, where teachers split instruction between English and a second language.

Student Thwarts Alleged Bomb Plot

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:02:00 -0500

A 16-year-old Utah student who shared a suspicious text message with school officials helped foil apparent plans by two schoolmates to set off a bomb during a school assembly, police said.

State of the States

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:01:00 -0500

Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.

Speech Therapists Get Inside View With New Device

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 00:10:00 -0400

With the Palatometer, speech teachers get a "mouths-eye" view of where students' speech patterns go wrong.

Stimulus Supercharges Energy Efficiency Efforts

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:11:00 -0500

Schools replace outdated, inefficient equipment and find ways to incorporate energy saving lessons into their curricula.

Utah District Pays Big Bonuses

Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:11:00 -0500

Despite hard times, officials at the 64,000-student Alpine school district in American Fork, Utah, found an extra $2 million to give 6,300 employees a bonus worth 1 percent of salary this month.

Grant Brings iPod Into Utah High School Classrooms

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:07:00 -0400

Missing 'Political Dynamics' of Utah District's Creation

Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:06:00 -0400

New Utah School District a Test of Leadership Skills

Tue, 18 May 2010 00:05:00 -0400

In the first new district created in years, the superintendent seeks to seize on an appetite for change—and heal community divisions.

Remote Arizona District Emerges From Four Years of State Control

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:11:00 -0500

For the first time in nearly four years, an Arizona school district dominated by a polygamist sect is no longer under state control.

Under Federal Pressure, District Addresses ELLs

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0400

Federal officials have released the Salt Lake City district from scrutiny, citing ELLs' “meaningful access” to educational programs.

Utah Superintendent Named

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0400

The Utah state board of education has promoted Deputy Superintendent Larry Shumway as the superintendent of the public schools.

English-Learners' Lot Improves With Federal Pressure

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:06:00 -0400

Federal officials have released the Salt Lake City district from scrutiny, citing ELLs “meaningful access” to educational programs.

Utah District Cleared on ESL

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 00:04:00 -0400

Federal monitoring of the Salt Lake City school district over its teaching of English as a second language has ended.