I believe our legislators have good intentions when running education bills but they fail to see the unintended consequences. The staggering number of bills is driving up administrative costs and keeping our tax dollars from getting to the classroom and the teachers.

Lawyers asked a judge Thursday to invalidate a proposed constitutional amendment limiting ballot initiatives. They say the question on the ballot is “Orwellian” and intended to trick voters into giving up the initiative right. sltrib.com/news/politics/…

I gotta find these secret operation rooms at my school. They’d be a great place to hide my class if there is ever a school shooter.

It is alarming to see a presidential candidate spread such bizarre lies about public schools. How will this rhetoric affect us locally? I worry we're going to experience a scarier version of the bathroom litter boxes rumor. CherylKActon Spencer Cox

Our UASSP Principals and Assistant Principal of the Year were honored at the State Board of Education meeting this week. Roger Arbabi, Brian Stevenson and Melody Apezteguia continue to do a great job representing secondary administrators in Utah. #inspiregreatness

After headlines like these, the voucher lobby has been able to all but shut down independent evaluations of emerging voucher systems. If they believed the results they’re pitching now would be any different, they’d be leaning into the chance for new studies.

For the October issue of The Atlantic I profiled Mike Lee—a man whose transformation from anti-Trump crusader to raunchy MAGA influencer has shocked and unsettled his longtime friends. For his next act, Lee could become attorney general. What he told me—about January 6, the DOJ

The most striking thing about Mike Lee, after studying him and talking with dozens of longtime acquaintances, is his lifelong search for identity. He dreamed of being a legal giant, like his father—but was crushed when he failed to qualify for the BYU Law Review. He aspired to

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Vote no on Amendments A and D. The first will seriously hamper education funding and the second is, frankly, a legislative power grab.

Also read Ruth Ben-Ghiat's Strongmen for what elites get out of authoritarian leader-worship: "Once the ruler is in power, elites strike an 'authoritarian bargain' that promises them power and security in return for loyalty to the ruler and toleration of his suspension of rights."

Trump's divisiveness is real. I have Hispanic neighbors, Polynesian neighbors, and mixed race neighbors. I'm sick of his divisiveness. I refuse to see my neighbors (and students) as threats. I hope they don't see me as one.

As we begin #PatriotDay, let us pause to remember and reflect, not only on those who gave their lives but also what we can do as true Patriots to love our country and our neighbors better. Much of what I wrote four years ago still applies. #utpol sltrib.com/opinion/commen…

“To those who come here, just don’t make Utah like the place you came from” is a pretty ugly sentiment and one fully at odds with our own heritage. It comes from a place of fear not faith. Rather say: “Bring the best of where you came from; leave behind what wasn’t working.”