Tag: education
Elementary education is needed to teach kids effective listening skills
“Most people do not listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.” ---Steven R. Covey
Good communication has focus. Listeners...
The Boko Haram abducted students: what we learn when we forget...
What can we learn when we forget to remember a story that grabbed our hearts? Take, for instance, the story of when the Islamic...
Personalized learning: modern schooling on a shoe-string budget
Written by Alan Shusterman
Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, recently vowed to invest nearly all of their fortune — a staggering $45 billion...
Rocky Vista University to open new medical school in Utah
Colorado based Rocky Vista University (RVU) will soon become Utah’s second medical school, admitting its first class of 125 students in the summer of...
Dixie State University offers five new baccalaureate degrees
As Dixie State University students settle into the spring 2016 semester, they have more degrees to choose from than ever before, with the institution...
Youngest female to climb Mt. Everest now enrolled at SUU
Southern Utah University was recently named as the top outdoor university in the nation, and now the school will have a world-record holding mountaineer...
Zion Canyon Rotary Club auction raises over $9,000 for education
The annual Zion Canyon Rotary Club "Auction for Education" raised nearly $10,000 on Saturday, October 24. The event took place on the front lawn...
It’s time to address Utah freshmen college readiness
Approximately 52 percent of incoming freshmen arrived on Utah college campuses this fall ill-prepared to deal with college-level coursework according to Utah Commissioner of...
St. George teacher pay and Utah school funding: An intimate link
The City of St. George is one of the fastest growing cities in the nation, ranking fifth in a report released by the U.S....
In education, there needs to be room for both local and...
Written by Marianne Mansfield
Before long, school buildings across the state will welcome back their students. Some return after a several month break, others a...