People are talking about tech in Utah schools.
You've seen the K-12 “techlash” headlines.Here's what's happening on the ground. FYI
What we believe
Technology offers incredible promise in education and can also do incredible harm. Our goal is neither to promote or advocate against it, but to make this moment legible to parents, educators, technologists, and the general public.
Conversation temperature, last 90 days, 0 to 100
Click a state to see individual school districts. Scores reflect publicly available information. See our methodology.
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State report
Utah
About 610k students · 25 districts checked77
HotRank 17 of 51 states above zeroHigh confidence · 59 signals in 41 events
Where the heat comes from
Hottest districts in Utah
Latest across Utah
- Canyons launches monthly family tech tips for Digital Citizenship Week
- Murray board study session takes up device acceptable use policy
- Iron County board work meeting reviews video surveillance policy
- Utah joins states seeking child protections in Character.AI bankruptcy
- Alpine draft phone policy defines and limits AI glasses
- Granite district council hears HB273 screen-time and device update
- USBE committee takes up R277-334 Classroom Technology rule and AI model policy
- Utah committee narrows classroom AI rule to student-facing tools, advances policy
Research coverage
We've checked 25 of 41 districts here so far. The rest are left blank on the map until we check them; blank means not checked, not quiet. The state score uses every signal we've found statewide.
Pick any district on the map to open its report.
Utah districts with signals
last 90 days| District | Mark | Band | Signals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan School District | 50 | Warm | 6 |
| Uintah School District | 35 | Mild | 2 |
| Alpine School District | 33 | Mild | 4 |
| Granite School District | 30 | Mild | 4 |
| Provo School District | 28 | Mild | 1 |
| Canyons School District | 23 | Mild | 4 |
| Box Elder School District | 21 | Mild | 2 |
| Wasatch School District | 18 | Cool | 2 |
| Cache School District | 16 | Cool | 2 |
| Salt Lake City School District | 16 | Cool | 1 |
| Tooele School District | 16 | Cool | 1 |
| Weber School District | 15 | Cool | 1 |
| Nebo School District | 14 | Cool | 1 |
| Washington School District | 14 | Cool | 1 |
| Davis School District | 13 | Cool | 2 |
| Ogden School District | 5 | Cool | 1 |
| Iron School District | 0 | Quiet | 1 |
| Logan School District | 0 | Quiet | 1 |
| Murray School District | 0 | Quiet | 1 |
We also checked 6 other districts in Utah and found nothing in the last 90 days.
Totals
Signals, last 90 days
Districts with signals
States with signals
National signals, not mapped