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Utah County approves new Alpine School District split boundary maps
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Posted March 27 - 8:03 a.m. | Save Story
School district boundary maps for three new districts in northern Utah County were approved Tuesday by the County Commission.
Advocates sue to block attempted dismantling of Education Department
Kanishka Singh, Reuters | Posted March 25 - 6:50 a.m. | Save Story
Teachers unions and rights advocates, including the NAACP, sued the administration of President Donald Trump on Monday to prevent the attempted dismantling of the federal Education Department.
'So important': Gov. Cox signs bill to send more funding to rural schools
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Posted March 24 - 7:06 p.m. | Save Story
Gov. Spencer Cox visited Manti Elementary School on Monday to sign a bill that will give ongoing additional money to rural schools.
Cox vetoes bill changing how property tax revenues are collected
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com | Updated March 24 - 6:43 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox vetoed a bill Monday that would have changed how state property taxes are collected for local schools.
'Kindness Walls' in Utah schools encourage positivity and uplifting social media posts
Mike Anderson, KSL-TV | Posted March 23 - 9:36 p.m. | Save Story
A growing program is encouraging positivity in social media posts by helping students share compliments with their peers. They're called Kindness Walls.
Cellphones out in classroom; real world in
Lee Benson, Deseret News | Posted March 23 - 4:58 p.m. | Save Story
A bill passed in the state legislature prohibits students from "using a cellphone, smart watch, or emerging technology during classroom hours."
Northridge High School students deliver food donations for homeless teens
Mike Anderson, KSL-TV | Posted March 23 - 11:31 a.m. | Save Story
What started as a small food drive for the North Layton Junior High Teen Center ballooned into something much larger.
University of Utah partners with Abundance Institute in quest for 'unsurpassed societal impact'
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted March 23 - 9:21 a.m. | Save Story
The University of Utah on Thursday announced a partnership with the Abundance Institute, a nonprofit focused on tackling societal and policy barriers facing emerging technologies.
Why Utah researchers plan to study one of Great Salt Lake's key residents
Carter Williams, KSL.com | Posted March 22 - 5:02 p.m. | Save Story
Westminster University researchers recently received $50,000 to explore how water salinity and other variables impact a vital Great Salt Lake species.
BYU music students write song with help of Grammy-winner guitarist
Cassidy Wixom, KSL.com | Posted March 22 - 9:29 a.m. | Save Story
Five lucky BYU commercial music students got the opportunity of a lifetime to write a song in three days with a Grammy-winning guitarist.
Columbia agrees to government demands in bid to restore funding
Joseph Ax and Jonathan Allen, Reuters | Posted March 21 - 8:12 p.m. | Save Story
Columbia University has agreed to changes demanded by the Trump administration as a precondition for restoring $400 million in federal funding pulled this month over allegations the school tolerated antisemitism.
Weber County mom promotes inclusion of students with Down syndrome with crazy socks
Meg Christensen for KSL.com | Posted March 21 - 6:17 a.m. | Save Story
Crazy socks will color the halls of elementary schools in Weber County Friday as students celebrate World Down Syndrome Day, thanks to a hard-working third grader and his mother.
Trump signs order aimed at dismantling US Department of Education
Jeff Mason and Andy Sullivan, Reuters | Updated March 20 - 10:36 p.m. | Save Story
President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to essentially dismantle the federal Department of Education, making good on a long-standing campaign promise.
State Board of Education, Qualtrics partnering to transform K-12 education
Logan Stefanich, KSL.com | Posted March 19 - 9:05 p.m. | Save Story
Here's what the Utah State Board of Education and tech giant Qualtrics are doing to transform K-12 education.
New Utah charter school to use virtual reality in home-based education
Gabriela Fletcher, KSL.com | Posted March 19 - 8:03 a.m. | Save Story
Virtual Horizons Charter School is a new home-based virtual reality school that allows students to use VR headsets to attend class from anywhere in the state.
Coast Guard Academy removes 'climate change' references from curriculum after Trump order
Jason Swensen, Deseret News | Posted March 18 - 6:03 p.m. | Save Story
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued a memo last month to "eliminate all climate change activities ... to the maximum extent permitted by the law," prompting alarm from some alumni and others in the Coast Guard community.
Details emerge of Utah State, Weber State plans to cut spending per new law
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Updated March 18 - 3:44 p.m. | Save Story
Utah State University seeks voluntary resignations, and Weber State plans to reorganize its College of Education in line with lawmakers' calls for funding cuts.
University of Utah to build hospital, medical campus in West Valley City
Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com | Updated March 18 - 2:44 p.m. | Save Story
University of Utah announced plans to build a new hospital and health campus in West Valley City to address health disparities in Utah's second-largest city.
