Special Interest and Regional

Broadband Bytes for 2013-05-17

Broadband Bytes for 2013-05-10 http://t.co/ikIVXlSYoB -> Layton Mayor calls...

Happy Birthday to All of Us: 8-Year WCF Anniversary Party

It's party time at Weber County Forum! Strap on your party hats and crank up...

Salt Lake Tribune: Feds Block Utah Law Over Police Power on Public Lands

Something to think about the next time our Weber County legislative "critters"...

Weber County Forum Question of the Day: Is It Time For An Ogden/Weber School District Merger?

Theoretically, at least, the consolidation of these two districts could save...

John Swallow Ethics Investigation Update

The latest on John Swallow, displayed by category, in the hope that you'll be...

Broadband Bytes for 2013-05-10

Verizon starts to completely end wireline service in copper towns....

The Sea of Troubles Continues to Boil in the Ogden School District This Morning

The plot sickens; 250 "reading coaches" tossed overboard OSD "Captain"...

Standard-Examiner: Ogden District to Discontinue Adult Education Program

Perhaps everyone will be a mite more attentive the next (2014) Ogden School...

Angry Parents Confront Ogden Superintendent Over Media Specialist Jobs

Ogden School District Superintendent/Lumpencitizen meetups:  A helpful...

Victory! Line Item Budget Posted on Ogden City Web Site

Ogden City officials seem to be now belatedly doing what they "ought" to have...

Wednesday Morning Ogden City Puff-piece Roundup

Press release journalism? You be the judge Just to kickstart a little...

Breaking: Obstreperous Ogden School System Excellence Advocates "Called to the Principal's Office"

Torches and pitchforks will be de riguer, of course It’s with considerable...

Is CenturyLink doing fiber-to-the-home or fiber-to-the-press release?

Before I could publish this, Chris Mitchell at MuniNetworks.org did a much more...

Online Petition to the Ogden School District: Retain Certified Librarians in Our Schools District-wide

You know what to do. Do it on the internet Thanks to a tip from yet another...

Standard-Examiner Editorial: Cutting Media Specialists Unwise

As one gentle S-E reader wrly hints,"I think the proper word to describe OSD...

Broadband Bytes for 2013-05-03

And yet more gigabit that isn't Google, this time from Vermont. And at...

The Lumpencitizens Rise Up in Opposition to the Gutting of the Ogden School District Library System

"One small thing that librarians teach students is to properly research and...

Utah Will Miss the Nuns — and the Nuns Will Miss Utah

Interesting political time in Utah, dont'cha think? Gone, but not...

If UTOPIA is a boat anchor, why is Orem the only one sinking?

Over the last year or so, it seems that Orem has taken a real hammering over...

Thursday Morning Weber County Forum News Roundup

Sage editorial advice for Senator Christensen; harsh lessons in Utah civics for...

Officials: Threatened FAA Towers to Remain Open

It’s great news if it happens, but we’re still waiting to get official word...

Utah Democrats Win Redistricting GRAMA Lawsuit

Judge rules Legislature cannot charge exorbitant fees for records, and it must...

Standard-Examiner: Ogden District Won't Lose Accreditation Over Librarian Cuts, Says Official

Meanwhile, back at local level, some local School District mouthpieces don't...

Learning the Wrong Lessons from iProvo and Google Fiber: A Rebuttal

I suppose this kind of response to the Google Fiber announcement was...

Salt Lake Tribune: Powder Mountain Buyer Riles Eden Residents

Youthful think tank plants headquarters in rural town to some neighbors’...

One Size Fits All?

Post by Joel ColemanJoel Coleman currently serves on the Utah State Board of...

Weber County Forum Sunday Funnies - "Cheers and Jeers"

One would-be Standard-Examiner page editor throws in his own 2¢ By Bob Becker...

Broadband Bytes for 2013-04-26

Google Fiber: The best deal Provo deserves, but not the best deal it can get...

Ogden City School District Gives Ogden School Librarians the Ax

Notwithstanding the mountain of additional evidence linking high-quality school...

Daily Show with Jon Stewart: "Weak Constitution" Episode

Once the shredding of the Constitution gets started it's difficult to...

How likely is it that your town gets Google Fiber next? Not very

If your neighbor won the lottery, would you quit your job right then because...

Utah Political Capitol: Utah’s Air Gets “F” Grade From American Lung Association Report - Updated

Breathe much? In Utah, you do so entirely at your own risk Whee! Looks...

Standard-Examiner: Major West Ogden Development Project Back On Track

Nice to see the Caldwell Administration and the City Council devoting their...

How likely is it that Google Fiber takes over UTOPIA?

Even before Provo announced that Google Fiber would be taking over iProvo,...

Broadband Bytes for 2013-04-19

Broadband Bytes for 2013-04-12 http://t.co/PkCTu406Jh -> A few have...

What's The Deal With "Common Core"?

Post by Senator Todd WeilerSenator Weiler originally posted this on his site:...

Utah Child Protection Registry

Post by Evelyn Call, Utah Child Protection Registry Kids these days are...

2013 Legislative Wrap-Up

This year's 2013 Legislative Wrap-up, comments submitted by readers.Drum roll...

You Write the Session Wrap-Up

The session ended a week ago.  Every year following the session every...

The Fate of 2013 Session Bills

Here is a list of bills that were highlighted during the 2013 Session, and...

The Last Day - Live Blog Post

Today's is the last day of the 2013 Session of the Utah Legislature, watch this...

Update on Autism Insurance Coverage

Post by SueI wrote a post a month ago about the effort by Sen. Shiozawa to...

Who Is Governing Education? Part Two

At the beginning of the legislative session, this blog had a post called Who...

The Fate of Two Education Bills

Post by SueSB79 Student-Centered Learning Pilot Program started out more...

SB 271 is a sneaky, last minute revision--of an already bad policy--literally written by Parents for Choice in Education with only one purpose: label schools as "failing" as an excuse for vouchers

The many topics this post touches on are all worthy of lengthy pieces that I...

School Grading Bill Zips Through Process Despite Questions and Concerns

A few days ago on this site a post highlighted S.B. 271 School Grading...

School Grading - Do we need TWO systems?

A few years ago, Senator Niederhauser passed a bill that would require the...

Well-Meaning Education Funding is Folly

Post by SueSB141 Education Contribution on Tax Returns is a well-meaning...

TONIGHT: Rally for Education Investment

Tonight, Monday March 11th at 6pm, there will be a rally at the State Capitol...

Urquhart's SB 279: Help me identify what company stands to benefit from $5,000,000 more taken from general education funds

My last three posts all deal with custom-made RFP's (Referrals to Friends of...

From the horses' mouths: SB 110 moves toward vouchers; SB 133, SB 82, and SB 257 are designed to gather all Utah students' data in one place and allow national vendors free access

SB 110 School-Based BudgetingDuring the Senate Education Committee hearing,...

Has EVERY educational technology company that made political donations in Utah gotten a state contract? Open question, but I think the answer is yes.

How do you win a statewide contract to provide educational software for schools...

Juvenile Justice - The Treatment & Sentencing of Minors

This session Rep. Snow and Sen. Shiozawa are teaming up to pass two bills...

Update on Funding Education Through Alcohol Revenue

In an earlier post H.B. 271, the bill which earmarked 25% of the growth in...

Update on H.B. 307 CPR Funding in Schools

Post by SueHB307 by Rep. Carol Spackman Moss passed in a close committee vote...

Register and Vote the Same Day!

Post by SueCurrent law requires a potential voter to register to vote in Utah...

It's Crunch Time!

Post by Sue With only a few days left in Utah’s legislative session, the...

Connect the dots: Stephenson & Adams want to give away public ed. money to connected companies…and enable a national database of Utah students to be mined for profit??

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Why Public Policy Procedures Should Be On Your Radar

Post by Holly Making public policy is not a quick or easy process,...

Public Education and the Utah Constitution

Post by SueRecently on this blog, there was a postdiscussing proposed...

Funding Education Through Alcohol Revenue

Rep. Jim Bird is an out-of-the-box thinker.  Two years ago he proposed...

Primary Seat Belt Law Barely Passes Senate Vote

Yesterday the Utah Senate debated S.B. 114 Safety Belt...

Changes Coming in the State School Board Nominating Process

Over the years, this site has covered the unique and often flawed process...

The Bills Keep Moving - End of Week 4

Bills have many way stations as they move through the process of becoming a law...

Time to worry about important things?

Study of Peak Oil and Gas (Photo credit: Wikipedia)English: Las Vegas Strip...

"I Know Engineers...They Love to Change Things"

English: A diagram of a diverging diamond interchange, showing how the traffic...

Are State Governments Out of Date?

San Francisco Bay Area highlighted in red on a map of California (Photo credit:...

Eliminating Parking Requirements - Easier Said Than Done

English: Bronaugh Apartments at ‎1434 Southwest Morrison Street in Portland,...

Opening of the new Portland Streetcar Line

Had the opportunity to attend the grand opening of the new Portland CL line...

You Can't Get There from Here...

English: Zip car carsharing service at downtown Washington, D.C. (Photo credit:...