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Molly Farmer

Molly Farmer is a reporter covering Utah’s public education system for the Deseret News. She is a graduate of Utah State University’s print journalism program and interned at the Herald Journal in addition to the features department of the Deseret News. Molly has been with the paper for three years. Molly is from eastern Oregon and graduated from Utah State in 2008. She and her husband live in Salt Lake City.

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Recent Articles by Molly Farmer

Schools try to bridge gap between middle school, high school

Published: Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:00 am MST

Eighth-grade students at Hillside Middle School recently got a peek into what their futures will hold, by visiting high school classes they'll be able to enroll in next year.

Schools try to bridge gap between middle school, high school

Published: Saturday, February 25, 2012 12:00 am MST

Eighth-grade students at Hillside Middle School recently got a peek into what their futures will hold, by visiting high school classes they'll be able to enroll in next year.

Utah Legislature weighing classroom instruction bills

Published: Thursday, February 16, 2012 5:16 pm MST

From the Pledge of Allegiance to capitalism curriculum, classroom instruction is at the center of a handful of recently-introduced bills at the Utah Legislature.

Bill to put students in charge of school budgets held up

Published: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 6:45 pm MST

A proposal that would overhaul education funding for Utah high school students was held up in a House committee Wednesday so it can be further evaluated and amended.

Software for special needs children gets committee approval

Published: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 5:48 pm MST

A $3 million program that would fund computer programs for special needs children — particularly children with autism — in early grades passed out of a Senate committee Tuesday.

Senate bill: evaluate administrators to improve schools

Published: Monday, February 13, 2012 6:49 pm MST

Improving and evaluating school leadership is now at the heart of a bill that originally hinged on performance pay for teachers and loosening termination laws.

Sex ed bill amended, impact unclear among Utah lawmakers

Published: Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:13 pm MST

A bill that would have banished all talk of contraception from public schools was amended and passed by a House committee Thursday.

Bill to eliminate tenure in Utah fails in House committee

Published: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:48 pm MST

A second attempt by Rep. Chris Herrod, R-Provo, to eliminate tenure from university professors failed in a House committee Wednesday.

Class-size reduction bill heads to House

Published: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 6:16 pm MST

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would cap class sizes in early grades passed out of the Senate Wednesday.

Sponsored by Sen. Karen Morgan, D-Salt Lake, SB31 places caps on class sizes in kindergarten

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Bill regarding family-provided school supplies advances

Published: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 12:00 am MST

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would allow elementary schools to ask parents to voluntarily provide school supplies for their children unanimously passed out of the House on Tuesday. It now moves to the Sen

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