Education
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What will coronavirus mean for education?
Utah state leaders are wisely asking questions and taking steps early to prepare for the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. We should do likewise in preparing for its effects in public and higher education.
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Sutherland Institute applauds passage of Special Needs Amendments Bill
The Legislature’s willingness to pass this program helps protect parental choice as well as Utah’s students with special needs.
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Special-needs tax credit scholarship closer to becoming law
The tax credit scholarship would allow students with an individualized education program (IEP) the opportunity to purchase a range of educational options like private tutoring, school tuition, special needs therapies and more.
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Students, teachers eager to tackle issues of history, Constitution
Both the desire to wrestle with tough issues (rather than settle further into a particular bias) and to freely disagree with their peers is a good sign for U.S. history and civics education in our country.
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Utah Legislature grapples with civics education
Rather than civics education funneling people into a type of shallow activism, robust civics comes from a common understanding of and personal connection to our history as Americans.
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Sutherland Institute supports Special Needs Scholarship Amendments
Education is about helping each individual student reach their unique God-given potential, whatever path it takes to achieve that.
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Sutherland Institute delivers statement on HB 152 – Civic Education Testing Requirement
Sutherland Institute recommends that HB 152 (Civic Education Testing Requirement) – which would repeal the civics test graduation requirement – instead create an interim study topic delving into history and civics education, which is what 1st Substitute HB 152 would…
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Eliminate civics exam? Only if we can spur interest in actual civics
Utah has work to do in civics education. Much like the rest of the nation.
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Education and healthcare issues to look for in the 2020 legislative session
There are two policy areas in which reforms could most directly impact families and businesses in the 2020 legislative session: education and healthcare. And these issues tend to be heavily legislated areas of state public policy. Case in point: As…
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How does tax reform repeal impact state funding for public schools?
With December’s tax reform law now repealed by the passage and signing of HB 185, the Legislature is currently working to determine state funding for public schools for the upcoming fiscal year. We may not know exactly how much public…