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Letter: Grateful for investment in public education

I have been in Alpine School District for a while and before that I was in the Madison Metropolitan School District. One thing I’ve noticed is that the class sizes are much bigger here. I wanted to learn more about education funding and how much money is actually spent on students. Alpine ...

Guest op-ed: The US needs to vaccinate its overseas citizens

Joe Biden needs to fulfill his promise to vaccinate all Americans (whitehouse.gov “President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans” Dec. 2, 2021). Variations of this headline pop up again and again in the U.S. media. It is a lie. The U.S. has taken absolutely zero steps to help ...

Guest op-ed: Child care resources for working parents

Most Utah families are impacted in some way by the topic of child care, whether it is for their own children or grandchildren or if it relates — even just from time to time — to families of relatives, neighbors and friends. In fact, Kids Count Data Center reports that in 2019, 54% of Utah ...

Guest op-ed: Childcare solutions for Utah employers

The topic of child care impacts nearly all Utah families in some way, and because of this more and more Utah employers — whether business, government, education or community — are thinking about ways to assist. In fact, because of Utah’s talent storage, it is being included more often in ...

Guest: Noorda-COM will provide needed physicians for Utah communities

The Noorda College of Osteopathic Medicine (Noorda-COM) recently held a topping-off ceremony of its Academic Building, as workers put the final steel beam in place. Noorda-COM’s 140,000 square foot building in Provo will be home for the next generation of medical students. The building should ...

Guest op-ed: Change and education

America’s most influential feminist, educator and modern writer passed away last week, and you wouldn’t know it happened. That is, the mass media that she explicitly casts down in her work does not care to honor a woman who had dedicated her entire life to feminism, education and love. You ...