by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Sep 11, 2024
Simple reforms to make school district websites better for parents Written by All 41 school districts have some sort of policy regarding parent access to curriculum on their website, and the majority of them (32 to be exact) were easily accessible. Of the 27 districts...
by William C. Duncan | Sep 11, 2024
Missing the significance of the voter initiative amendment Written by A proposed amendment to the Utah Constitution would allow the Utah Senate and House of Representatives to exercise the responsibility given to them by the Utah Constitution to make laws. This...
by Peter Reichard | Sep 11, 2024
Five bygone elections that echo into 2024 Written by Peter Reichard Originally published in American Habits. “The ugliest presidential election in history!” “The biggest election of our lifetime!” “The most dangerous candidate ever.” Another quadrennial brings another...
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...
