by William C. Duncan | Sep 1, 2021
Faith motivates people to help refugees in a strange new land Written by With Utah Gov. Spencer Cox recently telling the news media that Utah can expect Afghan refugees to begin arriving “within the next few weeks,” it is important to recognize the critical...
by Derek Monson | Aug 27, 2021
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...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 27, 2021
Novel lawsuit argues that Utah constitution provides right to a mask mandate Written by Though there have been some attempts to challenge vaccine mandates as a violation of the U.S. Constitution, current legal rules make these challenges unlikely to succeed....
by Derek Monson | Aug 26, 2021
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...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 25, 2021
Are vaccine mandates constitutional? Written by After the FDA’s recent full approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID vaccine, national news reports noted how it paves the way for corporate or government vaccine mandates. Local news has focused on how full FDA...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Aug 13, 2021
Learning about America through primary sources: The Federalist Papers Written by This is part 4 in Sutherland’s new series highlighting primary sources from American history in the hopes of enriching civics education. To help teachers and students identify...
