November 04, 2011 (KSL) - Amid the festivities existed an undercurrent of fear as people questioned whether future generations would have access to enough food and clean water, shelter and opportunities for education. And in Utah, home to a fraction of the world\’s population, similar concerns apply.
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November 04, 2011 (Utah Policy) - A recent study by the Utah Foundation found that higher education was ranked by Utahns among the most important factors for a high quality of life. This isn’t surprising. Utahns have always taken pride in being well educated people. In fact, for several generations Utah has risen above the national average for educational attainment. Sadly, however, this is no longer the case.
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October 17, 2011 (KSL News) - Poor results and crumbling schools contribute to a perception many Utahns have that the state\’s public schools are under-performing, according to Canyons Superintendent David Doty.\r\n \r\n Speaking about a Utah Foundation report on quality of life Wednesday morning, Doty said public schools are not performing as well as they should be, and residents aren\’t happy about it.
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October 16, 2011 (Deseret News) - This past week, Gov. Gary Herbert made a live address to Utah\’s high school students emphasizing the importance of obtaining higher education, and Utah State Superintendent Larry Shumway spoke directly to the state of Utah\’s schools.
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October 16, 2011 (The Daily Herald) - Another study has slammed Utah for its funding of education. But at the same time, other developments show that Utah need not be left behind in the race to teach the next generation.\r\n \r\n Recently the Utah Foundation and Intermountain Health Care released a study of how Utahns view their quality of life. An important area of concern: public education.\r\n
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October 13, 2011 (Utah Pulse) - Utahns, in general, really like their quality of life here in the Beehive State. That much we know from any number of studies and/or anecdotal observations. But Utah does have problems – as well as many great opportunities. And it is going to take considerable effort and common determination to fix the “bad” things and keep the “good” things.
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October 11, 2011 (Deseret News) - The state superintendent of public schools is calling on the governor and other Utah lawmakers to throw their political might and checkbook behind education — outlining a host of budget priorities that include funding all-day kindergarten and new investments in technology.
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October 11, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - In his third annual State of Education speech Tuesday night, State Superintendent Larry Shumway praised teachers and Utah schools’ use of technology but had at least one major criticism: the state’s declining school funding effort.
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September 24, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - The Utah Foundation recently released its first biennial Quality of Life Index, based on a rigorously designed survey of what a representative cross-section of Utahns consider most important to their well-being. Environmental quality was near the top of the list.
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September 22, 2011 (The Daily Herald) - The movers and shakers are up at Sundance for the annual snapshot of Utah and the county.
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September 20, 2011 (Deseret News) - Utahns care about safety, public education and jobs, but don\’t think the state is performing well in those areas, according to a quality of life report released by the Utah Foundation.
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September 20, 2011 (Utah Data Points) - In Utah Foundation’s survey on quality of life, the dichotomy between the types of factors that Utahns felt were of high importance, and those that were of high quality was pronounced. The items that were of highest importance were all things that can be considered a part of Utah’s infrastructure and economic vitality, and can be affected by government and public policy.
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September 14, 2011 (KNRS - The Rod Arquette Show) - Why is Utah such a great place to live?
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September 13, 2011 (KCPW) - Jennifer Napier-Pearce interviews Utah Foundation President Steve Kroes about its recent report on quality of life in Utah.\r\n \r\n (Interview begins at 38:30 in the podcast)
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September 13, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - The single most important thing Utah’s leaders can do to improve the state’s quality of life is boost public education, residents say in a new report.
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September 13, 2011 (Utah Policy) - Steve Kroes, President of the Utah Foundation, speaks with Managing Editor Bryan Schott about their latest study on how Utahns rate their quality of life.
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September 06, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - A new Utah Foundation study finds that the salaries of Utah public school teachers are not at the bottom among neighboring states. That’s good news. Because Utah is often alone in the cellar when it comes to the states’ investment in education.
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September 06, 2011 (Deseret News) - The Utah Foundation, a non-partisan research group, issued a report last week that laid out, in dry facts and figures, the truth about teacher salaries. Utah ranks in the middle of the pack among the Mountain States with which it typically has to compete for workers.
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September 02, 2011 (The Rod Arquette Show) - Utah\’s teachers earn comparable salaries to teachers in other Mountain States, despite national data that ranks Utah 49th in the nation for average teacher salary, according to a study released Thursday.
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September 01, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah may be 49th in the nation when it comes to average teacher salaries. But it’s near the middle among states in the mountain region when comparing starting and mid-career pay.
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September 01, 2011 (Deseret News) - Utah\’s teachers earn comparable salaries to teachers in other Mountain States, despite national data that ranks Utah 49th in the nation for average teacher salary, according to a study released Thursday.
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July 05, 2011 (Deseret News) - Utah no longer can say with any credibility that it devotes a higher percentage of its residents\’ personal income to fund public education than nearly every other state. That had been the standard comeback to the often-cited other side of the coin, that Utah spends less per pupil than any other state. A new study by the Utah Foundation, an independent research group, effectively lays that to rest.
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July 05, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Of all the education bills Jon Huntsman signed as governor of Utah, at least one stands out in many Utahns’ minds: school vouchers.\r\n \r\n But amid the controversy that followed the signing — a referendum, TV commercials and millions of dollars poured into each side’s campaign — Huntsman himself did not stand out.
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July 01, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - It’s not just about money when it comes to Utah’s system of public education. It’s about how much we’re able to value it.\r\n \r\n Last week, the Utah Foundation reported that, from 1992 to 2009, the state’s “funding effort” dropped from eighth in the nation to 26th. This on top of Utah’s long-standing rank at dead last in per-pupil spending and the Legislature’s unrelenting need to control it.
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July 01, 2011 (Salt Lake Tribune) - It’s an old myth held dear by many Utahns, including far too many state legislators: While it’s true that Utah spends less per student on public education than any other state, taxpayers are forking over more of their personal income for schools that other Americans.\r\n \r\n That once was true. But now it decidedly is not.
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