Voices: A new public education law further divides an already polarized Utah

One can teach the founding documents comprehensively and effectively without endorsing Christianity. Just ask my students.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Third grade students at Indian Hills Elementary School in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026.

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