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The stimulus fallacy
Deseret News Editorial, August 17, 2010
President Barack Obama and the majority Democrats in Congress have put Utah, and other states, in the delicate position of deciding whether to accept another round of "stimulus" money to aid cash-strapped public education budgets...

Legislature Not Likely to Approve Federal $$ This Week
KCPW, August 16, 2010
It’s now up to Utah Governor Gary Herbert and the state legislature to decide how quickly more than $100 million in federal emergency aid gets into Utah classrooms…

Logan hires fewer teachers in 2010
Logan Herald-Journal, August 16, 2010
Significantly fewer teachers have been hired by Logan City School District this year, a situation credited by a district official to budget constraints and a low availability of positions…

Rural schools ‘do more with less’
Salt Lake Tribune, August 16, 2010
Hurricane High kicked off a new school year this week with a lunchtime barbecue for its 800 students, complete with homemade root beer, hot dogs and piles of potato chips… 

Are teachers losing paid prep time?
KSL Radio, August 16, 2010
Some teachers in the Canyons School District are wondering where all of their prep time has gone. The education association president believes programs and principals are possibly taking some of that time away…

Alpine district considering non-voter approved property tax
Daily Herald, August 15, 2010
Some elected officials of Alpine School District are hoping for a non-voter approved property tax hike...

Nebo School District superintendent resigns
Daily Herald, August 15, 2010
Nebo School District superintendent Chris Sorensen is resigning from his position to accept a new spot in the Educational Leadership Department at Brigham Young University...

Federal stimulus funds for teachers may face a fight in Utah
Deseret News, August 14, 2010
When President Barack Obama signed an education jobs bill into law Tuesday, the clock started ticking...

Not as many teachers being hired this year in Top of Utah school districts
Standard-Examiner, August 14, 2010
As the new school year approaches, districts are still hiring, but not hiring the numbers they have in the past...

Ogden School District, teachers union at impasse on wages
Standard-Examiner, August 14, 2010
The Ogden School District and the Utah Education Association said Friday they have reached an impasse over the teacher contract to cover the coming school year. Wages are the sticking point...