by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Aug 24, 2023
Helping parents address chronic absenteeism Written by Christine Cooke Fairbanks For years, education leaders have been working to reduce chronic absenteeism, a term commonly defined as students missing 10% of the academic year. But the recent rise in chronic...
by Derek Monson, W. Brad Wilcox and David Bass | Aug 17, 2023
How to strengthen the ‘success sequence’ in Utah Written by Derek Monson Originally published in the Deseret News. Growing numbers of young adults across America — including here in Utah — are moving into adulthood without a durable connection to two benchmarks...
by The Likely Voter | Aug 17, 2023
A Timeline of American Education Written by The Likely Voter American education has changed dramatically since the Colonial era, with creative and new ways to educate the populace en masse. At the time of the nation’s founding, education was a private endeavor,...
by Christine Cooke Fairbanks | Aug 17, 2023
History of parent-driven education: Part 7 – Today’s post-pandemic era to the future of parent-driven options Written by It is back-to-school season. Many parents are looking forward to sending their children to school after a summer of being home all day. Some...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 17, 2023
States should welcome religiously motivated foster parents Written by Originally published in the Washington Examiner. Massachusetts’s recent decision to deny a Catholic couple the ability to foster children due to their religious beliefs stands at odds with Supreme...
by William C. Duncan | Aug 16, 2023
Does the Utah Constitution recognize a broad right to abortion? Written by Last week, the Utah Supreme Court held oral arguments in a challenge to the state’s abortion regulations, Planned Parenthood v. Utah. Each party was given 20 minutes to make its argument and...
