by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Dec 18, 2024
Home-based education in 2025: the numbers and top issues Written by Home-schooling rates are increasing across the country long after the pandemic, with an estimate of 5% of students being home-schooled. Among parents surveyed, 9% said they’d like to home-school their...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Dec 11, 2024
Public schools in 2025: enrollment and key issues Written by Overall public school enrollment has gone down in the state, but enrollment has increased for charter schools. Among the issues Utah education leaders have championed for public education are expanding CTE,...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Dec 11, 2024
National politics may shake up the federal approach to education. Utah should stay the course Written by Originally published in The Salt Lake Tribune. This election cycle, Utah overwhelmingly voted in favor of former President Donald Trump, who just announced that...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Dec 5, 2024
How Utah can prohibit address discrimination in open enrollment policy Written by Utah policymakers should add language to the state’s existing statute that prohibits address discrimination and requires disclosure to parents of a school’s reason for denying a transfer...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Nov 21, 2024
Could Trump’s second term forever change federal education policy? Written by President-elect Trump has vowed to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. Trump is also proposing using federal funding preferences for states that make key policy changes like adopting...
