Martha Harris
Education ReporterMartha Harris is KUER’s education reporter, covering everything from K-12 to higher education. Before joining KUER, Martha worked at KSL NewsRadio, Wyoming Public Radio and Oregon Public Broadcasting. Martha’s reporting has aired nationally on NPR. Originally from Oregon, Martha studied journalism at Brigham Young University. Send questions and tips to mharris@kuer.org.
-
Seventy-seven Utah County residents are vying to fill the seats for three new district school boards. Those boards will be elected in November and will prepare the new districts to start operating in 2027. -
Los legisladores de Utah asignaron 65 millones de dólares para centros de educación técnica y profesional en escuelas K-12, después de visitar el Catalyst Center del Distrito Escolar de Davis. Líderes escolares dicen que este centro es diferente al modelo tradicional de formación vocacional. -
Utah lawmakers allocated $65 million for K-12 career and technical education centers after visiting the Davis School District’s Catalyst Center. School leaders say it’s different from the traditional vocational training model.
-
Arguments continued in a second hearing this year in the lawsuit over Utah’s law banning transgender girls from competing in girls' sports. Now, the central issue is how President Donald Trump’s executive order impacts it. -
Utah Tech University President Shane Smeed replaces Richard “Biff” Williams who resigned under a cloud of faculty mistrust and allegations. -
While the restructuring prioritized Salt Lake Community College’s technical training and health sciences programs, leadership argues that the arts and humanities are still an important part of the school. -
Hart succeeds Sydnee Dickson as Utah’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, the chief executive in charge of statewide education. -
Salt Lake Community College has one of the largest in-person prison education programs in the nation. Incarcerated students can also get technical certificates, a high school diploma and female inmates can also get a bachelor’s degree. -
With a referendum challenge looking like it will be successful, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson put the law on hold while signatures are being counted. -
In response to Trump’s February executive order, the Utah High School Activities Association adopted a blanket ban on transgender sports participation. Plaintiffs say this violates a court injunction of the state’s 2022 ban, and the UHSAA could face contempt of court. -
As of the morning of April 28, the labor groups hit the 8% target in 15 Senate districts, and 146,480 signatures have been verified. -
State lawmakers are requiring Utah Tech University reallocate over $2.55 million in its budget, which means cutting certain programs. Every public college and university in the state has been tasked with a similar challenge.
