Martha Harris
Education Reporter at KUER-FM (Salt Lake City, UT)
Education Reporter @KUER [email protected]
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4 days ago |
kuer.org | Martha Harris
The inside of the Davis School District’s Catalyst Center doesn’t look like your typical high school. You won’t find many orderly rows of desks. Instead, there are flight simulators, a video production studio, a compounding pharmacy lab and a whole host of other professional equipment across various fields. Outside, students are cutting wood to build a tiny home. Another group is test-flying drones. Students from the district’s 10 high schools apply to come here for specific hands-on experiences.
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5 days ago |
kuer.org | Martha Harris
A transgender teen in Utah had the go-ahead from the state’s eligibility commission to participate in girls’ high school athletics. However, she was kept from competition by the Utah High School Activities Association, which cited President Donald Trump’s February executive order that sought to prohibit transgender girls from sports. The revelation came during a June 2 court hearing in a lawsuit over Utah’s 2022 law that bans transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports.
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1 week ago |
kuer.org | Martha Harris
Utah Tech University President Shane Smeed started his new role at the beginning of May. He takes over at a time when many faculty are distrustful of the school’s administration. Smeed plans to address their frustration by making open communication a priority, he told KUER. A few weeks into his tenure, he feels optimistic about moving forward in a productive way. “My commitment to them [faculty] is to meet regularly and often, to be transparent, to be communicative,” Smeed said.
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2 weeks ago |
kuer.org | Martha Harris
Salt Lake Community College will bolster workforce training programs as part of its plan to comply with state-mandated budget restructuring. It will also cut 48 academic programs and slash administrative costs. The state’s largest two-year college is also taking the extra step of cutting $581,620 more than it had to. School leaders say this reflects their focus on doing what’s best for students rather than just compliance.
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2 weeks ago |
kuer.org | Martha Harris
Utah has a new Superintendent of Public Instruction. A Republican Utah State Board of Education member who leads a group of charter schools will be the state’s new top education administrator. The board voted 12-to-2 to appoint Molly L. Hart to the position on Wednesday night. Republican members Emily Green and Christina Boggess were the nay votes. Hart will be the chief executive officer of the state board and will be directed by the 15-member body.
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