Archive for the 'Education' Category

Utah’s High Participation, Achievement on AP Tests

Posted by Tom on September 29th, 2005

The percentage of Utah high school students demonstrating college-level mastery on the AP test was reported at 19.3%, the third highest in the nation (behind New York and Maryland) and well above the national average of 13.2%.
An ethnic gap in both participation and achievement still exits: we still have a discrepancy between the percentage of […]

The Personal MBA

Posted by Tom on September 15th, 2005

For about three years now it has been my goal to get an MBA. Not just from a "pay your fee, get your ‘B’" institution, but an honest to goodness university with a solid business program. In addition to the not inconsequential cost barrier, something has always been in the way. Traditional day programs are […]

Board Position on Evolution

Posted by Tom on September 2nd, 2005

Amidst some rather unwarranted political furor and sensationalist headlines, the State Board of Education approved a position statement supporting the teaching of evolution in high school biology classes.
The public participation was the largest it’s been this year. The primary proponent for including intelligent design as part of the curriculum has been Utah Senator Chris […]