Christine Cooke Fairbanks
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Cancel culture points to big question: Are students learning about freedom of speech?
As U.S. senators and Star Wars and Avengers actors have found out, the cultural phenomenon called “cancel culture” continues to insert itself into many parts of society.
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Sutherland Institute supports HCR 15 – Emphasizing the Importance of Civics Education – in committee
The major events of the last year – an ongoing pandemic, public health lockdowns, riots in major American cities over racial injustice, and a violent attempt to overturn the results of a presidential election – have illuminated the need for…
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3 civics lessons from Abraham Lincoln
In some ways, Lincoln’s era in American history is not so unlike ours. While America may not be experiencing anything like a civil war, we are certainly experiencing a civics crisis.
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Teaching checks and balances in grades 7-12
Understanding this concept is crucial to understanding America’s form of government, and it’s something high school graduates need to learn in order to protect and participate in our republic. This is part 11 in Sutherland’s new series that seeks to…
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Teaching equality before the law in grades 7-12
Sutherland Institute is seeking to understand how well Utah’s current social studies standards help students fulfill their duties in civil society and government. For this review, we are specifically looking at equality before the law.
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Freedom of the press in grades 7-12
Sutherland Institute is seeking to understand how well Utah’s current social studies standards help students fulfill their duties in civil society and government. For this review, we are specifically looking at freedom of the press.
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Biden’s opportunities to lead out in education
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how much education affects the home life of many Americans. And at the same time, education policy can be hotly debated and a source of further contention. This means that one of Biden’s biggest opportunities…
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Teaching freedom of religion in grades 7-12
Being truly educated means understanding one of the most powerful forces in the world: religion. Being a truly educated American means understanding the importance of protecting that force: freedom of religion.
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Teaching freedom of speech in grades 7-12
The year 2021 has started fast and furious in the political space. Rioting at the U.S. Capitol and the banning of our president from certain big tech platforms like Facebook and Twitter have continued the national discussion about speech and…
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2021 legislative session needs to address civics ed … here’s how
Ensuring that Utah civics education is adequate will take a statewide commitment from more than just the Legislature (and it’s usually better when it comes from more local decisionmakers), and it will demand that we avoid simplistic solutions about teachers…