by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jan 15, 2025
Career and technical education in 2025: growing support, consensus and participation Written by Utah’s interest in expanding CTE continues to grow, and CTE policy will likely be enhanced during the 2025 legislative session. Support for CTE exists across political...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Jan 9, 2025
Private education in 2025: enrollment and key policies Written by According to one analysis, the trend over the past 12 years seems to show that private school enrollment is growing. The future of private school enrollment could be significantly impacted by the...
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...
