Two Utah Public Schools Recognized For Excellence
The National Blue Ribbon Award from the U.S. Department of Education recognizes public schools based on their overall academic excellence or progress in closing achievement gaps among student...
View ArticleUtah State University Teams Up With Water Treatment Company For Research
A Salt Lake City-based water treatment company with offices around the world is set to open a new facility, partnering with Utah State University. WesTech has hired a growing number of Utah State...
View ArticleAmerican Fork Marching Band New York Bound For Macy's Parade
The 230-member American Fork High School marching band will join only five other high school bands and two college bands in the 2014 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Thursday.The band’s director John...
View ArticleTeach For America At 25: With Maturity, New Pressure To Change
This story was reported for the radio by Eric Westervelt and for online by Anya Kamenetz."We, the Committee of Public Safety, find Jean Valjean guilty. The sentence is death by guillotine!"Molly...
View ArticleHour Of Code Kickstarts Kids' Creativity
Greg Cox’s fourth grade class is walking to their school’s computer lab—they are going to play a computer game. Parents should not be alarmed, however; this is not a waste of class time. This game is...
View ArticleUtah Universities Receive Nod In Newly-formed Gymnastics Conference
The first NCAA women's gymnastics rankings are out and the list includes two members of the newly-formed Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference. All three of the other members also received votes.Boise...
View ArticleThe Administration's College Rating System: How It Looks On Campus
It's late afternoon. Most classes at Randolph College are done for the day but students have begun gathering in the lobby of the elegant, century-old main hall.A student taps on a piano while he and...
View ArticleTeaching Friends And Family How To Reverse A Drug Overdose
When Priscilla Graham-Farmer went to get her hair done in Newark, N.J., recently, she noticed the elevator in the building was broken, so she took the stairs. And that's when Graham-Farmer saw him: a...
View ArticleNonprofit Fights Illiteracy By Getting Books To Kids Who Need Them
When it comes to learning to read, educators agree: the younger, the better. Children can be exposed to books even before they can talk, but for that a family has to have books, which isn't always the...
View ArticleExperts Say Now Is The Time To Apply For College Funding
The start of 2015 opened up an opportunity for college-bound students in Utah and across the U.S. who need help paying for tuition. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or "FAFSA," determines...
View ArticleWhat Schools Could Use Instead Of Standardized Tests
Close your eyes for a minute and daydream about a world without bubble tests.Education Week recently reported that some Republican Senate aides are doing more than dreaming — they're drafting a bill...
View ArticleArizona 1st In Nation To Require High Schoolers To Pass Civics Test
What year was the Constitution written?Who was president during World War I?If you couldn't answer one or both of the above, you might not be able to pass a civics test given to candidates for U.S....
View ArticleOrem Teacher Heads To Auschwitz
Seventy years ago prisoners were liberated from the former German Nazi concentration and death camps. “Auschwitz: The Past is Present,” is a professional development program developed by the USC Shoah...
View ArticlePolice Fire Tear Gas On Kenyan Kids Protecting A Soccer Field
Hundreds of elementary schools were protesting the illegal seizure of their playground by a private developer in Nairobi, Kenya, when police fired tear gas into the crowd.The incident sparked outrage...
View ArticleX-Rays Open Secrets Of Ancient Scrolls
Researchers in Europe have managed to read from an ancient scroll buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 A.D. The feat is all the more remarkable because the scroll was never opened.The Vesuvius...
View ArticleThe Past, Present And Future Of High-Stakes Testing
After a long stretch as the law of the land, annual standardized tests are being put to, well, the test.This week, the Senate education committee held a hearing on the reauthorization of the No Child...
View ArticleCompetency-Based Degree Programs On The Rise
Competency-based education is in vogue — even though most people have never heard of it, and those who have can't always agree on what it is.A report out today from the American Enterprise Institute...
View ArticleUtah Schools Participate In National School Choice Week
Utah students, parents, and educators will join in a national celebration Jan. 25-31, 2015 to recognize school choice. Participants in the 2015 National School Choice Week are hoping to encourage...
View ArticleHoops By Day, Hops By Night: This Phys Ed Teacher's Got A Secret Brew
Listen up, cub reporters. Lesson 1: Never miss an opportunity to catch a good story. I was doing important hop research at my local craft beer emporium, aka my bar."This red IPA is great. What is this...
View ArticleUtah State University Athletics Ask For $1.5 Million From Legislature
This year, the Utah State University Athletics Department’s slogan is “the climb.” While administrators were probably thinking about athlete performance, their scores and stats aren’t the only thing...
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