Carmen Nesbitt
Education Reporter at The Salt Lake Tribune
Diving deep into the A-BEE-Cs of K-12 education in Utah for the @sltrib 🐝. Send news tips to [email protected]. All opinions are my own.
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5 days ago |
sltrib.com | Carmen Nesbitt
Utah's $100 million school voucher program violates the state's constitution, a judge ruled Friday. "[Because] the Program is a legislatively created, publicly funded education program aimed at elementary and secondary education, it must satisfy the constitutional requirements applicable to the 'public education system' set forth in the Utah Constitution," Third District Judge Laura Scott wrote in her ruling.
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1 week ago |
sltrib.com | Carmen Nesbitt
Before becoming a Utah representative, Nicholeen Peck, a Republican from Tooele, made headlines in 2018 when she claimed she could access pornographic content through academic research databases available to public school students.
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1 week ago |
sltrib.com | Carmen Nesbitt
Utah's pride flag ban doesn't take effect until May 7, but it's already raised questions about what Utah public school teachers can - and can't - display in their classrooms. It came to a head recently when a West High School teacher in Salt Lake City recorded a video in her classroom, sharing the rainbow-colored stickers and signs thatshe chose to display in lieu of pride flags.
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2 weeks ago |
sltrib.com | Addy Baird |Carmen Nesbitt
Gov. Spencer Cox has sung the praises of new laws that aim to increase data privacy protections and protect kids online, but said Friday he feels that a new law to limit cellphone use in Utah schools does not go far enough. The bill, SB178, sponsored by Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, prohibits cellphone use during classroom hours in Utah's public schools, while allowing for school districts to make some modifications and exceptions to the policy.
Some Utah state school board members want to tell Trump they support abolishing Education Department
3 weeks ago |
sltrib.com | Carmen Nesbitt
At least four Utah State Board of Education members are calling on their colleagues to approve a drafted letter addressed to President Donald Trump that supports the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. "The Utah State Board of Education believes that education is better served at the state and local level," the letter reads.
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