Archive for March, 2008

Two Excellent Education Articles

Posted by Tom on March 28th, 2008

Two excellent articles dealing with public education on a national level (hat tip to Mark Peterson for sleuthing them out):
“Texas’ 10% admission could teach colleges a thing or two,” USA Today. An interesting article about increasing the diversity in public universities without giving racial preference scores. The article doesn’t address it, but the suggestion [...]

State Board of Education

Posted by Tom on March 17th, 2008

Today is the final day to file for elected office.
After some deliberation, I decided last year to not seek a second term on the Utah State Board of Education. (District 13) The decision was made for several reasons, and more recent events have only solidified my decision.
A list of current candidates may be found [...]