by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Aug 27, 2024
Boosting Parent Engagement in Public Schools by Strengthening Parent Access Written by Parent engagement in a student’s learning is a powerful way to improve student outcomes. This means that a top priority of education policy overseeing K-12 public schools in Utah...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks and Robert Luebke | Aug 22, 2024
Passing Educational-Freedom Legislation Is Only the First Step Written by Originally published in National Review. Vice President Kamala Harris recently received the endorsement of the National Education Association in her bid for the Democratic nomination for...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Aug 22, 2024
Utah is a leader in open enrollment – but it could do more Written by Utah was historically one of the first states to adopt open enrollment, and according to multiple evaluations, it has a good open enrollment policy that can be made stronger in a few key ways. Utah...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks and Isabelle Steed | Aug 15, 2024
Does the ‘success sequence’ impact health? Written by Each step of the success sequence is linked to evidence of protective health factors. Individuals who follow the steps are more likely to have better physical and emotional health than those who do not. In the...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Aug 13, 2024
Spending and performance: How do charter schools stack up? Written by As of October 2023, there were 79,823 students enrolled in charter schools; that means 11.8% of all kids enrolled in Utah public schools are going to charter schools now. In reviewing the 10 Utah...
