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Education

Florida student charged with misdemeanor after refusing to recite Pledge of Allegiance
By Kristine Phillips | The Washington Post • 12h ago

Few University of Utah students who experience sexual assault report to campus officials, new survey shows

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner , erin alberty • 13h ago

Think you know Utah? Take our news quiz and find out.

Sara Weber By Sara Weber • 3d ago

Report finds problems with student loan servicing, oversight

By Ken Sweet | The Associated Press • 4d ago

The University of Utah picks a civil rights activist who marched with Martin Luther King Jr. as its graduation speaker

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • 5d ago

A Christian student argues that a school history lesson on Islam conflicted with her Christian faith. A federal court disagrees.

By Ann E. Marimow | The Washington Post • 5d ago

Tax documents lost in the mail for more than 42,000 students at Salt Lake Community College

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • 6d ago

On what would have been Lauren McCluskey’s 22nd birthday, University of Utah president says campus officers are receiving more training but repeats that none will be fired

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • 6d ago

Three schools are within a mile of what’s called Utah’s largest development project ever. But right now, they have no say in its future.

Taylor Stevens By Taylor Stevens • 6d ago

Denver teachers strike in bid to dismantle pay-for-performance system

By Moriah Balingit | The Washington Post • 6d ago

White nationalist group rallies at the University of Utah with an anti-immigrant banner

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 11

Utah students find handgun in snowbank at school bus stop

By The Associated Press • February 9

Let’s talk about sex ... education. Utah voters say they’d like teachers to explain more about condoms and birth control in class, according to new poll.

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 9

Two of the worst-performing schools in Utah will get more time to improve after a vote by the state Board of Education

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 8

‘Very little teeth in these policies’: Utah Board of Education will now require school districts to craft rules restricting cellphones — and enforce them

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 8

Republican lawmaker proposes overhauling the Utah Board of Education and eliminating elections for members

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 8

Utah lawmaker, spurred by the death of Lauren McCluskey, wants colleges to create safety plans and train officers about signs of domestic and dating violence

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 7

A Utah lawmaker wants schools to restrict cellphones because she’s concerned students are looking at porn

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 7

Bill that would end assigning letter grades to Utah schools passes in the House

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 4

Utah lawmaker says kids see end-of-year exams as ‘dumb tests that don’t matter.' His bill to change that has passed the House.

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • February 4

Only 45 percent of Utah’s high school graduates enroll in college the following year — one of the lowest rates in the nation

Jessica Miller By Jessica Miller • January 31

Where did 3,000 Utah students go? An audit finds big gap between online preschool’s enrollment and how many kids later showed up in kindergarten.

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • January 29

He helped appoint new presidents at each of Utah’s eight public colleges. Now, the state commissioner of higher education is stepping down.

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • January 29

From guns to contraceptives to standardized tests: here are five education bills to watch during Utah’s legislative session

Courtney Tanner By Courtney Tanner • January 29

Trump gives his blessing to allowing states to teach Bible literacy in public schools

By John Wagner | The Washington Post • January 28