Sutherland Institute
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Sutherland Institute supports HB 215 – Funding for Teacher Salaries and Optional Education Opportunities
Both parents and teachers endured significant challenges during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic – as did children – and HB 215 aids all groups in moving forward from the pandemic.
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These principles and institutions should be a measuring stick for lawmakers and voters
As the 2023 legislative session gathers steam, we have the opportunity to recommit to principles over politics and building institutions over forwarding agendas.
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How religious schools help tackle key higher education challenges
When the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching was launched in 1905, it specifically excluded religious schools from its benefits. Here’s why that was shortsighted.
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New Utah legislation seeks compromise: teacher pay and education choice
HB 215 reflects the best of Utah’s policymaking ethic: avoid making a zero-sum game of two important education policy reforms – and seek changes that serve the common good.
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Accountability for elections and policymaking lies with us
The fact is that political power in America resides first and foremost with the people, which is us. If the political pendulum hasn’t yet swung enough to overcome forces generated by partisan primaries and gerrymandering, our choices as voters have…
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Looking at accessibility of higher ed from a different angle
Religious schools are pursuing innovative ways of addressing the challenges facing universities and their students, including work-study and cost-saving programs.
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Education pluralism: education choice legislation
Modern private education choice policies include education savings accounts, vouchers, tax credit scholarships, tax credit education savings accounts, tax credits and deductions.
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Religious liberty and national security
While debates around religious freedom in the U.S. tend to revolve around the conflict of constitutional rights, religious freedom internationally is often a life-or-death situation.
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The pandemic changed the way we view education
The COVID-19 pandemic left parents rethinking their choices about how to educate their children.
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2022 election verdict: Vote by mail didn’t advantage either political party
Election outcomes in three states that expanded early voting periods and/or vote by mail (Vermont, Kentucky and Nevada) were comparable to the states’ previous election results.