Labels, changing measurements impede failing schools' turnaround, educators say

SALT LAKE CITY — Labels and school grading systems tantamount to moving targets hamper the turnaround of failing schools in Utah, educators told members of the Legislature's Public Education Appropriation Subcommittee on Wednesday.Schools already struggling to fill teaching positions have a particularly difficult time hiring staff at the state's worst-performing 3 percent of schools, as measured by state grading metrics.The state's public school grading law has been changed every year sinc