by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Mar 3, 2025
Sutherland Institute supports Utah’s new high school civics bill Written by The new civics education bill moves Utah civics education from a brief look at civics and a test to a more prolonged experience with ideas that help students acquire civics understanding....
by Jonathan Ammons | Nov 16, 2022
America’s wall of separation Written by The author’s views are his own. ********** “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” —U.S. Constitution— When Thomas Jefferson penned the immortal words...
by Derek Monson | Sep 30, 2022
Educators recognize the need to prioritize civics education Written by The Utah Civic Learning Collaborative (UCLC) recently published a report on Utah civics teachers’ views about the current state of civics education in Utah. Some of the report’s findings, along...
by Nic Dunn | Sep 23, 2022
See how 22 governors’ arguments against Biden’s loan forgiveness plan fit into framework for evaluating proposals Written by When President Joe Biden’s college student loan forgiveness plan first hit the news, I wrote about an informal framework for evaluating it: ...
by Sutherland Institute | Sep 23, 2022
Watch first Utah State School Board candidate debate Thursday on YouTube Written by The November 8, 2022, final-election ballot will include candidates for several seats on the Utah State Board of Education (USBE). To help voters in the respective USBE districts...
by William C. Duncan | Sep 16, 2022
Don’t assume partisanship lies beneath justices’ decisions Written by On Sept. 9, Justice Sonia Sotomayor issued an order that allowed a religious university to continue upholding its religious mission despite a state court ruling that the school’s policy violated...
