Education
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Education pluralism: The state of private schools
Private schools likely saw an uptick in enrollment during the pandemic because they offered a genuinely different option to families who were worried about the effects of remote schooling.
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Education pluralism: The state of career and technical education
To win the working-class vote, candidates from any party would do well to take a closer look at supporting career and technical education (CTE) – the pipeline to many occupations.
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Students need education pluralism
Education pluralism is a policy environment that supports high-quality schools as varied as the people, values, needs and philosophies that exist in society, and it ensures that students have reasonable access to that variety of options.
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Pandemic slide in test scores shows why we need multiple approaches to education
The variety of school options for students ought to reflect the pluralistic society we live in, where students have unique learning needs and differing family dynamics.
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Expanding the scope of Sutherland Institute’s education policy research
What would Utah education look like if state and local public policy fully embraced the full diversity of school options?
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Utah State Board of Education candidates general-election debates continue
To help voters in the respective USBE districts become better acquainted with the individuals seeking to serve in these important roles, three more debates will be conducted next week, live via YouTube, and one as a hybrid in-person/virtual event.
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Educators recognize the need to prioritize civics education
Two recent reports back up what Sutherland found in a 2021 survey: Improving civics education in Utah means placing greater emphasis on civics in school curriculum and instruction.
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Owens: The role of parents in education
In the United States, the legal protection of parental rights has been closely linked to the educational context, as illustrated in three major Supreme Court cases.
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Education choice continues to flower in Utah
Utah’s virtual school programs are serving thousands of students and their families in ways that traditional, in-person school never could.
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Data on trust suggest a need to restore the civic mission of public schools
As civics and history education have fallen down the priority list of subjects taught in public schools – deprioritizing the civic mission that was a primary purpose for creating a system of public education – public trust in public schools…