Tomorrow, June 30, the Utah State Board of Education will debate this issue: What is the best way to prevent pornographic materials in the school? Two model policies have been proposed with two different visions on how to achieve this goal. The first version is called the Master Merged Draft, and it allows Utah’s 42-plus …
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The SJR 6 Joint Resolution Promoting the 3rs Framework of Rights, Responsibility, and Respect in Classrooms, if you go by the sound of it, seems like a bill that could inspire folks from both sides of the aisle to shake hands over. But if you click through the Utah 3Rs Project website, you’ll see a pattern emerge that isn’t …
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HB 337 supposedly tries to create a way for parents to be heard through an Education Ombudsman — but that won’t happen because the ombudsman would be under the Governor. Governor Cox has been very clear about wanting to “define” parents’ role as being just one of many “stakeholders” in education. See the email below from Governor …
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The Hope Scholarship Program Bill will be going through the House Taxation and Revenue committee TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, @ 8:00 am. CALL TO ACTION: CLICK HERE to EMAIL THE HOUSE TAXATION AND REVEUE COMMITTEE TO ASK THEM TO VOTE NO ON PASSING HB331 OUT OF COMMITTEE csnider@le.utah.gov ; adamrobertson@le.utah.gov ; nabbott@le.utah.gov ; sbarlow@le.utah.gov ; jbriscoe@le.utah.gov ; seliason@le.utah.gov ; sharrison@le.utah.gov …
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CALL TO ACTION THIS WEEK ! As the legislative session gets underway today, write your representative and remind them to ABOVE ALL ELSE consider Utah Families this session and to make it a priority to put families first. What to know who your rep is and how to find their email? Check here: https://libertas.org/ajax.php
Standardized testing claims to be able to measure a student’s academic skills and even intelligence… Pretty high claim for a process that’s highly subjective and definitely unscientific. First, read this (yes I know it’s on HuffPost, but press on, it’s eye opening): Then, if you haven’t done this for your kids already, OPT OUT of …
