# Source: Creative Commons — Open High School of Utah Curriculum Release (2010)

**Type:** source
**Status:** Useful
**Confidence:** Medium
**Source Type:** news
**URL:** https://creativecommons.org/2010/09/07/the-open-high-school-of-utah-releases-open-educational-curriculum-under-cc-by/
**Archive:** https://web.archive.org/web/20100908000000/https://creativecommons.org/2010/09/07/the-open-high-school-of-utah-releases-open-educational-curriculum-under-cc-by/
**Archived:** 2010-09-07
**Publisher:** Creative Commons
**Published:** 2010-09-07
**Raw:** raw/creative-commons-open-high-school-curriculum-2010/2026-08-11-f3fdf9593513.txt
**Retrieved:** 2026-08-12
**Updated:** 2026-08-11
**Relates:** cites [Mountain Heights Academy](mountain-heights-academy.md) · https://greatutah.work/pages/mountain-heights-academy.md · https://creativecommons.org/2010/09/07/the-open-high-school-of-utah-releases-open-educational-curriculum-under-cc-by/

## Summary

Creative Commons blog post dated **2010-09-07** reporting that **Open High School of Utah (OHSU)**
released ten semesters of curriculum under **CC BY**, with quotes from then-director DeLaina Tonks
on being among the first secondary schools to create and share OER curriculum.

## Useful Claims

- **Open High School of Utah** announced release of **ten semesters** of openly licensed curriculum
  materials under **Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)** in September 2010.
- Creative Commons describes OHSU as a **public online charter high school** whose curriculum is
  **built from open educational resources** aligned to Utah state standards.
- The post quotes OHSU director **DeLaina Tonks** saying the school is **"among the first, if not
  the first, secondary school to create our own OER curriculum and share it worldwide."** — attributed
  speech, not Creative Commons' independent verification of "first."

## Verbatim

> "Today the Open High School of Utah (OHSU) announced the release of ten semesters of openly licensed curriculum materials. The OER are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license."
> — Opening paragraph

> "The Open High School of Utah curriculum is built from open educational resources."
> — Quoted announcement excerpt

> "we are among the first, if not the first, secondary school to create our own OER curriculum and share it worldwide."
> — DeLaina Tonks, quoted in post (curly quotes in source)

## Reliability Notes

Independent news post about the school, not a Utah State Board of Education charter record. The
first-in-the-nation claim is **Tonks's attributed statement**; this page does not prove no other
school preceded OHSU. Mountain Heights Academy's current about page does not repeat the OHSU name or
the 2010 release on the captured 2026 about page.

## Related Pages

- [Mountain Heights Academy](mountain-heights-academy.md)
- [Source: Mountain Heights Academy — About Page](mountain-heights-academy-official-about-page.md)