Utah Schools

7-Year-Old Kicked Off School Bus, Forced To Wander Alone

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 05.30.2012

Amber Hobdy, a mother from Eagle Mountain, Utah, is outraged after her 7-year-daughter Kya was allegedly kicked off a school bus in an unfamiliar neig...

How Utah Aims to Equalize the Academic Disparity Between Have's and Have-not's

Yolanda Flores Niemann and Eric D. Packenham | Posted 05.23.2012

Yolanda Flores Niemann and Eric D. Packenham

Schools are imploding with the consequence of these changing demographics. Perhaps more than ever before in our nation's history, ensuring a quality education, and the contingencies thereof, is increasingly challenging.

Utah Governor Vetoes Abstinence-Only Sex Education Bill

Reuters | Posted 05.16.2012

By Bob Bernick SALT LAKE CITY, March 16 (Reuters) - Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Friday vetoed a controversial bill banning public schoo...

Abstinence-Only Sex Education Bill In Utah Prohibits Teaching Contraception

Posted 04.24.2012

A bill requiring sex education classes to teach an abstinence-only curriculum moved closer to becoming a law in Utah Wednesday. The state House pas...

Utah Lawmaker Proposes Giving Public Education Money Directly To Students, Not Schools

Posted 04.16.2012

Funding for public education could go directly to the pockets of students, instead of to schools, under a proposal in the Utah legislature. The Uta...

Teen Suspect In Utah School Bomb Plot Charged

AP | By BRIAN SKOLOFF | Posted 02.01.2012

SALT LAKE CITY -- Authorities on Tuesday charged a 16-year-old boy with a felony in what they say was a plot to detonate a bomb at a Utah high school....

Utah Schools Start Adopting Open Source Textbooks

AP | Posted 01.30.2012

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah classrooms may soon be making the switch to open-source online textbooks that can be cheaper and easier to update. The Utah St...

Utah Girl Credited With Outing High School Bombing Plot

AP | PAUL FOY and JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 03.28.2012

ROY, Utah — The two teens had a detailed plot, blueprints of the school and security systems, but no explosives. They had hours of flight simula...

Utah Teens Arrested In Alleged School Bombing Plot

AP | PAUL FOY | Posted 03.27.2012

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah high school student bragged to police that he was smarter than the Columbine killers and was plotting with an older stud...

Utah School District Sued Over Student's Suicide

AP | Posted 01.24.2012

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah couple has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the North Sanpete School District, claiming its failure to protect their so...

Officials Reject New High School Mascot For 'Derogatory' Female Reference

Posted 03.21.2012

The students spoke, and the school board vetoed: One high school opening in Utah won't be calling themselves the "Cougars." Students across the Can...

Cutting The Safety Net: School District Axes Extra Credit

Posted 10.25.2011

Forget about that last-minute extra book review or lab report to push that B+ to an A-. Students in the sixth through 12th grades at one Utah scho...