(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s head teacher is stepping down. Superintendent of Public Instruction Sydnee Dickson will leave the post in June of this year. Dickson has been in the role for close to nine years. Dickson made the announcement in an email Friday, and although she didn’t explain […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah schools are encountering a number of problems with the rollout of a new standardized testing system with a history of glitches and security issues. The state signed a $44 million contract last spring with school testing company Questar Assessment Inc. despite knowing about the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Board of Education has agreed to budget nearly $600,000 for strategic communications. The Deseret News reports the board agreed to budget $596,652.77 in unexpended federal lease funds for an array of strategic communication services, such as public relations counsel and public opinion polls, to […]
