March 27, 2008 (KUER Radio) - A Utah Foundation report released yesterday details the top issues and concerns of Utah voters. Its list of priorities can be a guide for candidates as they campaign and for voters when they cast their ballots this November. KUER’s Tasha Cook has more on this report:
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March 27, 2008 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Energy issues, specifically high gas prices, are paramount in the minds of Utah voters, followed by education, according to the findings of a survey released by the Utah Foundation on Wednesday.\r\n Education – which topped the Utah Foundation’s list in 2004 – and tax issues were also high on the list of priorities in the study, designed to shape the agenda as the 2008 elections approach.
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March 27, 2008 (KCPW Radio) - Energy tops the list of voter concerns on the Utah Foundation’s 2008 Priorities Survey. It didn’t even make the top 10 just four years ago, says Foundation President Stephen Kroes.
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March 27, 2008 (KCPW Radio) - The top 10 areas of concern for voters this election year, according to the Utah Foundation’s Utah Priorities Project. Steve Kroes, president of the Utah Foundation, talks about focusing political dialogue on the issues that matter most to voters.
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March 26, 2008 (KSL TV) - Immigration, energy, education; these issues are among the three named as Utahns priorities in a newly-released study.\r\n \r\n The Utah Foundation released its 2008 Priorities Project today. But how well are those priorities reflected by the actions of Utah’s Legislature? We asked that of two Utah lawmakers, a Democrat and a Republican, in today’s Talking Point segment.
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March 26, 2008 (KSL TV) - Are the people you elected addressing the issues you care about?\r\n \r\n A new survey of people statewide shows that in some cases the answer is yes; in some the answer is no. But all of them are things that can’t be ignored.
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March 25, 2008 (KSL TV) - The candidates are campaigning, but are they talking about the things you care about? To find out, the Utah Foundation studies those issues every four years. Then they compile a report of Utah’s priorities.
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March 09, 2008 (Deseret Morning News) - American culture has produced a few pithy, half-humorous truisms. Two come to mind: The check is in the mail, and I’m from the government and I’m here to help you.\r\n \r\n You may now add a new one, courtesy of the Utah Legislature: Go ahead and vote; we’ll fix this school-district-split problem later.
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March 02, 2008 (Deseret Morning News) - Here is how one of democracy’s internal-combustion engines works: A volatile housing market pours real estate inflation into one end. That sets off sparks at county assessor offices, which put in motion the pistons of annual property tax notices. Many of those notices require much more money than the year before. This in turn creates a great deal of energy and exhaust from angry homeowners.
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February 27, 2008 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Homeowners in the Beehive State have comparatively little to grouse about when it comes to property tax, according to a report released Tuesday by the Utah Foundation.
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February 10, 2008 (Logan Herald Journal) - As enrollment in Utah
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February 04, 2008 (KCPW Radio) - What’s the best way equalize the cost of building and maintaining schools across the state? The Utah Foundation has eight suggestions. Midday Metro talks about it with executive director Steve Kroes.
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February 02, 2008 (Salt Lake Tribune) - The bad news is that providing more equitable funding to build schools in Utah could cost $67 million to $178 million, according to a Utah Foundation report released Friday.\r\n The good news is that the Capital Outlay Foundation Program set up by the state to address school building equalization is well-designed to supplement poorer school districts’ ability to raise funds for building through property taxes, said Steve Kroes, president of the nonprofit research organization.
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January 15, 2008 (KCPW Radio) - awmakers on Utah’s Capitol Hill are once again looking for ways to attract public school teachers to the state. Democratic Representative Lynn Hemingway believes the path to keeping teachers is to help them buy a home.
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November 09, 2007 (Provo Daily Herald) - Referendum 1 suffered a crushing defeat. Or did it?\r\n \r\n Some might say the vote was a ringing endorsement of the status quo. But maybe it was just unhappiness with the details of HB 148, or lack of clarity about the issues.
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November 09, 2007 (St. George Spectrum) - The pursuit for knowledge is never-ending but if the course of study is polarized for any reason, wisdom will not be obtained. Utah needs to wise up because expecting different results from doing the same funding formula and curriculum instruction in public education is not yielding success. It is quite the contrary. Utah’s young students are being let down and it shows in their test scores when compared with their counterparts.
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November 08, 2007 (Salt Lake Tribune) - (Editorial) In past years, legislators could rationalize that Utah’s place at the bottom among the states in amount of education funding per student was not significantly detrimental to their academic success. After all, Utah students usually scored substantially higher than the national average on standardized tests.
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November 05, 2007 (Wall Street Journal) - Utah’s children may not excel in math or English, but their teachers are very good at instructing them in how to run a political campaign. As 2007 achievement test data show another disappointing year for the state’s children, the teachers union is running a multi-million-dollar campaign to insulate itself from competition.
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November 02, 2007 (Deseret Morning News) - Utah’s typically gleaming scores on national tests could be mere veneer, a Utah Foundation report released Thursday shows.\r\n \r\n Utah’s performance on the National Assessment of Educational Progress ranks last among five other states with similar demographics, according to the report, “School Testing Results, 2006 & 2007: How Utah Compares to Other States.”
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November 02, 2007 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Students in Utah aren’t doing very well on national tests compared with students in states with similar demographics, according to a Utah Foundation report released Thursday.
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November 02, 2007 (KCPW Radio) - (KCPW News) Utah students consistently rank right around the national average on standardized tests. But a new study from the Utah Foundation suggests they should be performing far better based on ethnic, education and income characteristics.
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October 30, 2007 (BYU Newsnet) - A report issued in July by the Utah Foundation stated that teachers are increasingly leaving their careers in both the U.S. and in Utah. This, coupled with a decline in the number of college students studying to become teachers, is leading to a teacher shortage.
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September 26, 2007 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Students nationwide appear to be catching up with Utah in math and reading, according to results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) released Tuesday.
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September 14, 2007 (Salt Lake Tribune) - The Legislature’s efforts to increase education funding appear to be working, according to a new report.\r\n Utah’s education spending per $1,000 of personal income is increasing, according to an analysis released this week by the Utah Foundation.
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September 13, 2007 (Deseret Morning News) - But state making some gains in school finances\r\n \r\n Money for Utah schools has risen nearly $500 million over the past two years, helping turn around the state’s declining efforts to pay for public education, a new Utah Foundation report says.
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