Can chronic absenteeism be solved through punishment? Not likely.
There has been ample evidence that punishing students and families for absenteeism doesn’t work.
A group devoted to solving chronic absenteeism, Attendance Works, said this, “Effective approaches are those that treat ...
I believe the country would embrace a Mitt Romney / Jon Huntsman presidential ticket.
Both have served as State Governors. Huntsman having served both Republican and Democratic presidents as ambassador to both China and Russia. Mitt as our State Senator and Olympics Games problem solver.
Both ...
In regard to the published (S-E, Monday, 29 Jan.) letter to the editor of advice for new Latter-day Saint Apostle Kearon, I have some advice for such self-proclaimed advisors, and others who do not understand the workings of God and the scriptures. The Bible and scriptures are of a spiritual ...
How is it that an ordinary citizen is not allowed to join our country's military with a felony on their record, yet a former president with 4 indictments and 91 felony counts can run for the position of commander-in-chief of the armed forces? This doesn't make sense to me; does it make sense to ...
Utah small-business owners are some of the strongest, most creative and resilient people you will ever meet. In recent years, our small-business community has weathered a global pandemic, persistent supply chain issues, sometimes volatile prices and a tight labor market. Black-owned businesses ...
Here we go again. Danny Ainge and Jazz management have just traded away three better Jazz players. Kelly Olynyk, Simone Fontecchio and Ochai Agbaji will no longer wear Jazz jerseys. Night after night Jazz announcers Craig Bolerjack and Thurl Bailey have praised Kelly Olynyk, calling him the ...
Think of the Amazon warehouse on I -15 in Farr West. Since 2022, it has sat empty and unused. Adjacent to it is the BDO (Business Depot Ogden), an industrial and business center. It covers 1118 acres, and still has room to grow. Now imagine the area in Weber County, only a few miles from the ...
“Some days I feel like I'm gonna fight like hell; other days I'm suicidal and don't know how to give my kid hope to also stay alive; and other days I just want to move.” Those are the exasperated words of a transgender child’s mother. She sent me this message after the Utah State ...
On CNN, a "reporter" interviewing Vice President Kamala Harris gushes, "I'm struck, just in your presence! Looking you in the eye, with your passion ... "
Really?
Even Harris looked embarrassed.
My new video shows how the mainstream media treat conservatives and libertarians differently.
We ...
Civil War lore has it that after Gen. Ulysses S. Grant turned the Union's lackluster war performance around, his critics complained to President Abraham Lincoln about Grant's heavy drinking. "I wish some of you would tell me the brand of whiskey that Grant drinks," Lincoln replied. "I would ...