Sutherland Institute
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Wisconsin inserts itself into deciding what is ‘religious enough’
A recent Wisconsin court decision said the state’s Catholic Charities Bureau is not religious enough to qualify for an exemption from an unemployment insurance mandate.
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The influence of family on student outcomes
Webinar co-hosted by Sutherland helped participants examine how family impacts education, health and human flourishing.
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Reforming welfare and workforce policy elevates work
The success of the Utah model doesn’t mean the state is perfect; there are certainly still opportunities to improve how we help people get out and stay out of poverty. But there is no sustained path out of poverty that…
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How Utah Has Turned Religious Freedom from a Controversy to a Consensus
Utah leads the way in averting religious-freedom conflicts through consensus protections.
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How to get curriculum transparency right for teachers
Being transparent about instruction can help teachers accomplish what they naturally desire: professional growth and improved teaching outcomes.
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How Utah supports both public and private education
Utah lawmakers have expressed through their policy decisions a desire to support all student learning, regardless of where Utah families decide to educate their children.
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Support for Curriculum Transparency: Overview of survey data showing Utahns’ support for different approaches to curriculum transparency
This issue brief provides an overview of likely voter sentiment toward different approaches to public school curriculum transparency.
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Strong majority of Utah likely voters support curriculum transparency
Most likely voters in Utah strongly support curriculum transparency policies in public schools, a recent survey from Sutherland Institute and Y2 Analytics finds.
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Do students benefit academically from curriculum transparency?
Research suggests that transparency has the potential to help first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students with many academic outcomes.
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Q&A: Understanding the Supreme Court battle over Texas and Florida social media regulation
What do recent attempts to regulate social media mean for free speech and Utah? Sutherland’s Bill Duncan explains in his recent Q&A.