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This year's list of National Blue Ribbon Schools includes two northern Utah honorees, U.S. Secretary of Education John King announced Wednesday.
Those schools are Edith Bowen Laboratory School, located on Logan's Utah State University campus, and Brigham City's Discovery Elementary School.
In a video announcing this year's award winners, King said the Blue Ribbon program is proof that every child can be prepared for college and careers.
"Your schools are on the cutting edge," King said, "pioneering innovative educational practices — professional learning communities, project-based learning, social and emotional learning, positive behavior systems — making you shining examples for your communities, your state and the nation."
The Blue Ribbon program is in its 34th year of honoring public and private schools with high achievement levels or schools that close achievement gaps between demographic subgroups.
A total of 279 public and 50 private schools will be honored at a Blue Ribbon awards ceremony in Washington, D.C., in November.
Last year, Salt Lake City's Ensign Elementary School and Provo's Wasatch Elementary School were named Blue Ribbon schools.
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