by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Sep 4, 2024
How nonprofit Next Step to Success teaches kids the ‘success sequence’ Written by Next Steps to Success is a nonprofit that teaches the success sequence and offers an after-school program and a full-day summer program to students in Norfolk, Virginia. Nonprofit and...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Aug 30, 2024
How Utah can increase parent access to curriculum Written by Originally published in Deseret News. A lot has been said recently about parents’ rights in schools (and rightly so), but a lot less has been said about parent responsibility in schools. A key part of that...
by Peter Reichard | Aug 30, 2024
The celebrity president: How Andrew Jackson seized the moment to become ‘the people’s friend’ Written by The election of 1824 was the last single-party presidential election. In 1828, Andrew Jackson pioneered rallies and other community-building campaigning...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 29, 2024
Federal agency ‘guidance’ uses a backdoor approach to avoid open public process Written by Administrative agencies increasingly influence state and local governments, schools, businesses, and citizens through agency “guidance,” rather than the formal rulemaking...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Aug 29, 2024
A framework for the congressional efforts in education policy Written by Education is a state, local and family issue, but Congress is often involved in education policy. In making education policy, Congress ought to use a framework that increases access to...
by The Likely Voter | Aug 29, 2024
How Utah school boards, districts, lawmakers can close parent-access gap Written by Many Utah teachers are succeeding in their effort to be transparent with curriculum. State policy requires parent access to instructional materials, but many district websites are...
