A summary of Utah’s education choice options (and how they help depoliticize the classroom) Written by Utah Sen. Mike Lee made headlines this week after joining an amicus brief on a Supreme Court case at the intersection of religious freedom and education...
Civics can help solve the problems of surging COVID cases, hospitalizations Written by Headlines continue to swirl in Utah about how government should respond to the surge in COVID-19 cases and subsequent hospitalizations, including those of school-age...
The core concepts of critical race theory Written by Disclaimer: This post informs readers about the main ideas of critical race theory by describing them in the words of critical race theorists, without intending any commentary on those ideas. The...
Protecting against politicizing the classroom: A Q&A on curriculum transparency Written by “There is no one silver bullet to defeating the rise of politics in the classroom,” says Matt Beienburg, director of education policy and the Van Sittert Center...
Mask mandate uproar is a civics lesson in real time Written by The past week’s news reporting on mask mandates has been a civics lesson on our system of government in Utah. Gov. Spencer Cox reportedly considered an executive order to allow local education...
