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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Competency-based education during the COVID-19 pandemic
Read More: Competency-based education during the COVID-19 pandemicEducation expert Karla Phillips-Krivickas says a redesign for public schools in the wake of COVID-19 has implications for competency-based education (CBE), an approach which allows students to progress through learning…
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Courts legislate from bench when Congress abdicates its power
Read More: Courts legislate from bench when Congress abdicates its powerThe best way to check the ambition of the Supreme Court to make law, rather than interpret law, is to ensure that Congress is actually making the laws, rather than…
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U.S. History of Civics part 6: Utah’s story
Read More: U.S. History of Civics part 6: Utah’s storyAs Utah continues to consider national events and state academic outcomes, the discussion about civics education will continue to ramp up. The public and policymakers can make a difference in…
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They taught us to be optimistic in the face of hardship
Read More: They taught us to be optimistic in the face of hardshipThe lives of so many of Utah’s pioneers are a testament that sometimes maintaining our freedom and enjoying our rights requires uncomfortable sacrifices and life changes for us all. As…
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Why Utah’s constitution contains ‘every imaginable protection’ for religious freedom
Read More: Why Utah’s constitution contains ‘every imaginable protection’ for religious freedomThe search for religious freedom is woven deeply into Utah’s history. More so than almost any other state (except perhaps some of the original colonial territories).
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New Heritage Foundation National Survey Results
Read More: New Heritage Foundation National Survey ResultsAccording to new survey results, a majority of parents and school board members want the nation’s birth to stay rooted in 1776, but some of the survey results are surprising…
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U.S. History of Civics part 5: The early 2000s to the year 2020
Read More: U.S. History of Civics part 5: The early 2000s to the year 2020There is no doubt that current political turmoil has sparked some of this renewed interest, and the continuation of this turmoil will make reforms to civics education one of the…
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China’s ban on 4 leaders highlights U.S. efforts to promote religious freedom
Read More: China’s ban on 4 leaders highlights U.S. efforts to promote religious freedomNoting abuses of religious minorities in China is presumably what Ambassador Brownback did to get banned from China.
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Action civics: advocates, opponents and a chance for unity?
Read More: Action civics: advocates, opponents and a chance for unity?Societal turmoil is leading many of us to ask how we move past this moment. Improved civic education will be part of the answer.
