Upon first blush, Senator Daniel Thatcher’s (R – West Valley City, District 12) SB 128 – Financial Transparency in Education the public’s need for transparency in government, but also a strong public education system, however we must dive deeper. Thatcher’s bill, if it were to pass, would require that school districts and charter schools classify transactions the same way that all [...]

Lets face it, sex education in the state of Utah is a bit of a joke. The longstanding push for abstinence only denies the fact that teenagers have sexual urges and will act on them, whereas proper sex education (that is sex education that acknowledges that people will have sex outside of marriage) gives teens the tools [...]

In previous legislative sessions, lawmakers have attempted to make state school board elections partisan races. This should trouble voters if only because certain things should not be partisan – and the education of our children, and by extension the people who make decisions about how our children are educated, should be one of them. Back in 2011, I [...]