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Educational Opportunities and Performance in Utah
This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
States
Educational Opportunities and Performance in Utah
This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
College & Workforce Readiness
Utah Inflated Its High School Graduation Rate, Federal Watchdog Finds
Federal watchdogs find that Utah inflated its high school graduation rate in the last of a series of reports warning states not to make end runs around the rules for calculating graduation rates.
Education
With Waiver Denial, Utah Mulls Second Accountability System
Utah is one of four states where state laws conflict with components of the federal Every Student Succeeds Act meaning districts may have to answer to two separate accountability systems this fall.
Education
Betsy DeVos OKs ESSA Plans for California, Utah
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos green-lighted California and Utah's plans to implement the Every Student Succeed Act. That means just one state is still waiting: Florida.
Classroom Technology
Teacher's Facebook Post on Students' Social Media Secrets Goes Viral
Utah science teacher Skipper Coates asked her students to complete the following sentence: "What my parents don't know about social media is..."
Education
Utah Will Ask for Test Participation Waiver From ESSA
Utah's state board members said last week that they support its state's test participation law which conflicts with the Every Student Succeeds Act.
School & District Management
School Named for Andrew Jackson Changes Name to Honor Famed NASA Engineer
Mary Jackson's story is among those depicted in the book "Hidden Figures," which focused on the lives of black women who worked as mathematicians and engineers for NASA during the Space Race. Before landing there, Jackson worked as a math teacher in Maryland.
School & District Management
Utah Earns a C on State Report Card, Ranks 31st in Nation
This Quality Counts 2018 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
Education
Utah Ruling Highlights Sticky Issue of Partisan School Board Elections
In Florida, Indiana, Kansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah, Republicans are arguing that candidates for local and state school boards should run on party tickets.
Education
Betsy DeVos Team Critiques ESSA Plans for Georgia, Utah, and Puerto Rico
Both states and Puerto Rico have some work to do to improve their plans for implementing the Every Student Succeeds Act, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
School & District Management
Can a High School Course Help to Solve a State's Teacher Shortage?
This fall, two high schools in Provo, Utah will offer students in grades 10 through 12 an introductory course called Careers in Education I, with the aim of enticing young people into the teaching profession.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Political Policy Questions Tinge Ed-Tech Conference
Political uncertainty in the federal policy arena hung heavy over the recent ASU/GSV Summit, an annual event that draws thousands of educational technology executives, developers, and investors.
Teaching Profession
Utah Bill Would Offer Some Teachers in High Poverty Schools $5,000 Bonuses
The original proposal attached $672,000 to the bonus scheme but lawmakers have reduced that to $250,000 to boost the bill's chances of passage.