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[The following information does not reflect the views or opinions of the Utah Department of Heritage and Arts or the Multicultural Affairs Office. The intent of this collection of media coverage is to provide information regarding the ethnic population and the issues of immigration law both locally and nationally.]
April 5, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- A Lesson In Change - Principal Ike Spencer and His Faculty Show What It Takes To Turn Around A Struggling West-Side School - City Weekly
- Could you pass the U.S. Naturalization Test? - Fox 13
- John Florez: Treat education as we treat business - Deseret News
- Utah's congressional delegation and enthusiastic about immigration reform efforts - Deseret News
- Herbert signs bill delaying guest-worker law - Salt Lake Tribune
- Fight swirls around deportation of Utah mother of five - Salt Lake Tribune
- Family, friends try to stop deportation of Utah mother of five - KSL
March 29, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Utah Compact gets little love from Utah County COP committee - Deseret News
- Utah law will require all high school juniors to be tested - Standard Examiner (source: AP)
- Provo-Orem above national average in immigrant assimilation - Salt Lake Tribune
March 22, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Rolly: Utah County GOP to debate change to immigration platform - Salt Lake Tribune
- Immigration reform could limit visas for families - Deseret News
- Editorial: Civil Discourse, racism Is Still Alive & Well - City Weekly
- County GOP to discuss supporting Utah Compact - Daily Herald
- GOP Pollster Says Party Cannot Ignore Latino Voters - Utah Policy
March 14, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Utah Legislature adopts '66 by 2020' education goal - Deseret News
- No legislative bridge for achievement gap for Utah's at-risk students - Deseret News
- Keeping kids out of jail: new report shows progress on alternatives - Deseret News
- Harmony abounds at musical tribute - Deseret News
- Our View: Uchtdorf right on immigration - Standard Examiner Editorial
- Sandstrom says immigration law he pushed should be axed - Salt Lake Tribune
- Crowd urges Free Tibet in Salt Lake City march - Salt Lake Tribune
March 8, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Bryan Schott's Political BS - Minority Report - Utah Policy
- Prosperity 2020 Runs Full Page Ad to Thank Legislators Sets Goals for Home Stretch - Utah Policy
- Sad failure - Salt Lake Tribune Editorial
- Senate OKs delaying Utah immigration law effective date - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah lawmakers kill preschool bill for at-risk children - Salt Lake Tribune
- Senate GOP rejects preschool bill that would have set public-private partnerships - Deseret News
- Salt Lake City school board member's complaint stirs controversy - Deseret News
- Thousands of refugees relocated to Utah after evacuating homelands - KSL
- Senate shoots down low-income preschool partnership - Daily Herald
- Catholic schools donate tool kits for refugees - Intermountain Catholic
March 4, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Committee endorses bill to delay Utah's guest worker bill until 2015 - Deseret News
- Utah's guest worker law would be pushed back 2 years under new Senate bill - Deseret News
- Curing Utah's 'silent epidemic' - Deseret News
- A plan to create a vision for Utah education - Deseret News
- Bill would delay Utah's guest worker law by two years - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah Democrats, GOP have dueling events for minorities - Salt Lake Tribune
- Do west-side Salt Lake City kids have too many ineffective teachers? - Salt Lake Tribune
- Impact of mentoring in education - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah bill banning sky lanterns, fireworks in dangerous conditions moves to Senate - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah prison nears capacity for women, matching national trend - Salt Lake Tribune
- National study: Utah juvenile incarceration rates declining - Salt Lake Tribune
- Weber State University President Chuck Wight plans for future of school - Standard Examiner
February 22, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Latino youth aim to increase parent involvement in school - KSL
- Hatch warns Utahns of economic disaster, talks immigration - Salt Lake Tribune
- Sen. Mike Lee likes piecemeal approach to immigration reform - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah Lawmakers tackle teen suicide, bullying after deaths - Salt Lake Tribune
- Sen. Mike Lee expects automatic federal spending cuts next week - Deseret News
- Education needs a vision in today's economy - Deseret News
- Utah immigration enforcement law on hold pending federal ruling - Deseret News
- Utah immigration law to get airing in court Friday. - Deseret News
- Utah's unique resources - youth and education - Standard Examiner
- Put Your EducationFirst - Join Utah's 66 Percent - Southern Utah University
- Critics say Utah's Immigration Bill is Unconstitutional - ABC4
February 15, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Immigration trigger date may be delayed - Standard Examiner
- New Utah state senator brings medical expertise - Salt Lake Tribune
- Clearfield, South Salt Lake home to most immigrants - Salt Lake Tribune
- Video: How a Utah gang member became a college prof - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah Legislators may delay start of guest-worker program - Salt Lake Tribune
- Try Compassion, Immigration issue is about people - Salt Lake Tribune
- Legislative Republicans Reach Out to Hispanics - Utah Policy
- Utah Immigration law to get airing in court Friday - Deseret News
February 4, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Growing pains come with a cost for Utah public schools - Standard Examiner
- Jazz notes: Jeremy Lin meets NBA's Asian pioneer Wat Misaka - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah Republicans to take up immigration in party platform - Salt Lake Tribune
- Polynesians thriving in Utah - Salt Lake Tribune
- Polynesians an increasing presence on sideline - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah issues fewer driving privilege cards - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah's future - Herbert doesn't see big picture - Salt Lake Tribune Opinion
- Utah legislators eye bottom line as higher education asks for more money - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah senators vote to eliminate immigration commission - Salt Lake Tribune
- Lee backs out of immigration compromise - Salt Lake Tribune
- Paul Rolly: Why we need immigration reform in the U.S. - Salt Lake Tribune
- Power grab - Move to change education oversight - Salt Lake Tribune
- Leader of Utah Democratics says state's education is a 'catastrophe' - Salt Lake Tribune
- Dems vow attention to issues important to Latinos - Salt Lake Tribune
- The needle moves on immigration reform - Deseret News
- State immigration commission could be repealed - Deseret News
- Issues that matter to Utah families - Deseret News
- Education key to Utah's economic prosperity, Gov. Gary Herbert says - Deseret News
- Educating our children: Balancing the obligations of parents and the state - Deseret News
- Matheson says Congress moving forward on real immigration change - Daily Herald
- Education is a key priority for Utah Legislature - KSL
- Utah education ranks below national average - Fox 13
- Utahns Want Lawmakers to Focus on Education - Utah Policy
January 28, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Report: Utah ranks 11th in U.S. for charter school policy - Deseret News
- John Florez: Education system needs big medicine - Deseret News
- Educating our children: Balancing the obligations of parents and the state - Deseret News
- Utah Legislature will tackle high-profile issues - Salt Lake Tribune
- Report: Utah gets a 'D' for teacher preparation - Salt Lake Tribune
- Plan aims to help Utahns with criminal pasts start anew - Salt Lake Tribune
- Measures would shake up who controls Utah's public education - Salt Lake Tribune
- State could outlaw Chinese lanterns - KSL
- Cache County schools hold their own for graduation rates - Herald Journal
- Utah Policy Poll: Utah Voters Say Education and Economic Development are Top Priorities
- Utahns gather to remember MLK, Jr. - Fox 13
- Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks in Salt Lake City - Fox 13 (also reports by KUTV2, KSL, Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune)
- Settlement reached over allegations of racism at Alta High - Fox 13
January 18, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- U.S. Census Proposes More Changes to Race Categories - Multicultural Families (source: Huffington Post)
- Utah governor to honor Topaz internee, Fred Korematsu - Salt Lake Tribune
- Under new A.G. Immigration reform on back burner - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah ranks last in nation for school for low-income kids - Salt Lake Tribune
- Dixie State Board of Trustees votes on new university name - Fox 13
- Talking dual immersion: Hillcrest invites parents to learn about program - Herald Journal
- Gov.'s Budget for Education Compared with the Need - Utah Public Education (Kim Burningham)
- Utah last in nation for school breakfast participation - Cache Valley Daily (Utah News Connection)
- Utah's college gender gap shrinking, but state lags behind nation in earning degrees - Deseret News
- Immigrant groups say DMV study is welcome - Deseret News
- Utah receives low marks in separate education reports - Deseret News
- Spanish is Second Most Used Language on Twitter - Fox News Latino
January 14, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Looking for leaders: Get serious about school funding - Salt Lake Tribune
- Report ranks Utah education 38th in nation - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah human rights group honors actor Gossett - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah Compact deserves a thumbs up from lawmakers - Salt Lake Tribune
- Lawmaker again pushing Utah Compact resolution - Salt Lake Tribune
- Elite Colleges Struggle To Recruit Smart, Low-Income Kids - NPR
- Promoting Hinduism? Parents Demand Removal Of School Yoga Class - NPR
- As Asian Americans ' Numbers Grow, So Does Their Philanthropy - New York Times
- Multiculturalism: Does It Nurture or Extinguish Diversity? - Multicultural Familia
January 7, 2013
LOCAL MEDIA:
- Third grade emerges as key to student success - Deseret News
- Utah graduation rates improve in 2012; performance gap remains - Deseret News
- Eating around the world on Redwood Road - Salt Lake Tribune
- Immigration rule brightens future of Utahns living un the shadows - Salt Lake Tribune
- Utah lawmaker hopes to fund public preschool with private dollars - Salt Lake Tribune
- High school graduation rates up in Utah - Salt Lake Tribune
- US Eases Path to Legalization for Some Immigrants, Keeps Families Together - Fox News Latino
- Joe Biden: Latinos Are 'The Center Of The Nation's Future' - Huffington Post
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