For their research project, students investigated who makes decisions about what they learn in schools. Where do school curricula come from? How do schools decide what classes to offer? Does funding have anything to do with content? Does the state of Utah have any say in what goes into the classroom? These are a few of the questions the students explored in the three episodes below
In this episode of the Youth Voices podcast, Fatima and Vicky take a look at how the Utah State legislature passes laws that shape education in our state
In this episode of the Youth Voices podcast, Marjella, Sarah, and Senico discuss how school districts are funded in Utah and the importance of learning about who is making decisions about district-wide curricula.
In this episode, Yaman, Mohamed, and Ahmed have a conversation with Utah Valley University professor, Trevor Warburton about the ways decisions made at different levels impact what students learn everyday in their classrooms
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