Sutherland Institute
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Teaching America’s 250th shouldn’t be controversial. Good public policy can help.
The 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence is a unique and valuable opportunity for civics education.
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Sutherland Institute releases AI data center research in new series on technology policy
As demand for AI and digital services grows, data centers are becoming increasingly important to economic competitiveness, national security, and everyday life. The report cautions against reflexive policymaking.
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Building a Human-Centered Digital Future, Part 1: Data Centers
This brief seeks to provide a basic understanding of data centers so that voters and policymakers can make better-informed, more thoughtful policy decisions.
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A “Universal” Preschool Program That Excludes Religious Schools Isn’t Universal at All
Can a state condition participation in a universal preschool program on a school’s willingness to compromise parts of its religious mission?
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Education choice in court. What do current lawsuits mean for the future?
Families are already demanding more choices, and that expectation will be very hard to quash, even amid challenges to specific education-choice structures.
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Geographic mobility: Its promises and discontents
The constitutional values of faith, family and freedom engender an interconnected populace, intergenerational strength and a robust civil society. Were there a restoration of these pillars of culture, more places would feel like home.
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Transparency is a constitutional check on federal agency power
Agencies have developed a practice of publishing enforcement manuals and sending letters and similar communications to explain how they understand the law, and by implication, how they plan to enforce it.
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Hurdles facing education choice programs across the nation
Education choice programs will need ongoing support and improvement. False narratives should be corrected, but real issues should be resolved.
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Building an AI-Ready America: Understanding AI’s Economic Impact on Workers and Employers
It is contradictory to call AI safeguards pro-human if they eliminate the present or future benefits of this technology to human beings.
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Free speech, not politics: Why the Supreme Court rejected Colorado’s counseling law
The Court’s decision in Colorado prioritized the Constitution over policy preferences and protected the integrity of our system.