Insights & Takeaways
Insights & Takeaways is Sutherland Institute’s official blog that informs the public and policymakers alike. The blog addresses important issues through the two distinct yet complementary lenses of the seasoned policy professional and the engaged citizen.
Insights: analysis, research, and informed commentary from Sutherland experts. For elected officials and public policy professionals.
Takeaways: the most important things voters need to know. For civically engaged citizens.
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Teaching checks and balances in grades 7-12
Read More: Teaching checks and balances in grades 7-12Understanding this concept is crucial to understanding America’s form of government, and it’s something high school graduates need to learn in order to protect and participate in our republic. This…
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Romney child allowance plan good for families – maybe work and government, too
Read More: Romney child allowance plan good for families – maybe work and government, tooWhatever the trajectory of the bill, it contains policy that ought to be considered and debated by Congress. America desperately needs policy to shore up civic institutions, and the Family…
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Lessons from the pandemic can light our nation’s path ahead
Read More: Lessons from the pandemic can light our nation’s path aheadThe COVID-19 pandemic has been one of the darker periods of time in the lives of many people and for our nation as a whole. But vaccines are bringing with…
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Teaching equality before the law in grades 7-12
Read More: Teaching equality before the law in grades 7-12Sutherland Institute is seeking to understand how well Utah’s current social studies standards help students fulfill their duties in civil society and government. For this review, we are specifically looking…
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Freedom of the press in grades 7-12
Read More: Freedom of the press in grades 7-12Sutherland Institute is seeking to understand how well Utah’s current social studies standards help students fulfill their duties in civil society and government. For this review, we are specifically looking…
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Vaccine rollout and pandemic response lay bare the limits of federal competence
Read More: Vaccine rollout and pandemic response lay bare the limits of federal competenceMany were hoping that the change in administration would lead to an improved federal response to the pandemic. Yet reports of federal pandemic failures continue. This could simply be because…
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Which way will Congress go on 3 religious freedom bills?
Read More: Which way will Congress go on 3 religious freedom bills?Currently there are three bills pending in Congress. Each represents a different approach to accommodating the needs of religious organizations and people of faith and to adding sexual orientation and…
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Biden’s opportunities to lead out in education
Read More: Biden’s opportunities to lead out in educationThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed how much education affects the home life of many Americans. And at the same time, education policy can be hotly debated and a source of…
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Biden administration could easily avoid religious freedom conflicts. Will it?
Read More: Biden administration could easily avoid religious freedom conflicts. Will it?Expending the effort to avoid legal conflicts with religious freedom in administration policy decisions would go far toward advancing the president’s aspiration and promise of national unity. He should use…
