Group calls investing in education 'best economic development package'

SALT LAKE CITY — Student success is important to many parents, teachers and district officials, and it turns out it should be the focus for Utah businesses as well.
Increasing Utah's high school graduation rate by 5 percentage points — to 90 percent — would lead to more education and higher income for those graduates, which means greater spending in terms of taxes, homebuying and other purchases, according to research by the Alliance for Excellent Education.
It would also mean