Education Dive – Autumn A. Arnett
“In Utah, the UPSTART program provides early literacy interventions via technology to students across the state, free of charge. Despite connectivity deserts, sometimes language barriers, and poverty in many cases, four- and five-year-olds in the state all have access to the program which seeks to close the literacy gap before these students enter Kindergarten. Utah’s UPSTART program is funded by the state legislature, because literacy is an educational priority of the state.”(more)