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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PollingThe Parent-Teacher Perception Gap: How parents and teachers align on engagement and access
Read More: The Parent-Teacher Perception Gap: How parents and teachers align on engagement and accessThis issue brief looks at the experience of parents and teachers in Utah education, including parent involvement in their child[ren]’s education, and how accessible curriculum and instructional materials are to…
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Press ReleaseUtah’s 2025 Education Policy Agenda
Read More: Utah’s 2025 Education Policy AgendaNew survey data from Sutherland Institute highlights parent-teacher perception gap.
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Insights2 ways that policymakers can support public schools trying to do more with less
Read More: 2 ways that policymakers can support public schools trying to do more with lessLawmakers could consider offering incentives – instead of giving mandates – and help facilitate parent engagement.
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Insights9th Circuit upholds religious universities’ Title IX exemptions
Read More: 9th Circuit upholds religious universities’ Title IX exemptionsIf it chose to act, Congress could further secure the religious freedom protections upheld by the court.
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InsightsThe importance of federalism and Utah’s public lands lawsuit
Read More: The importance of federalism and Utah’s public lands lawsuitA recent Sutherland Institute Congressional Series event featured Representative Celeste Maloy discussing the importance of federalism.
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CommentaryThe real issues at stake in the debate over Amendment D
Read More: The real issues at stake in the debate over Amendment DIt is confusing — and it’s another example of lawmaking moving from a duly elected legislative body to the courts.
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InsightsSimple reforms to make school district websites better for parents
Read More: Simple reforms to make school district websites better for parentsDistricts can make sure information about curriculum is easy to find, that it’s organized in a user-friendly way, and that links are working and updated.
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InsightsMissing the significance of the voter initiative amendment
Read More: Missing the significance of the voter initiative amendmentSo far, the debate over the amendment is missing one of the most important constitutional principles at stake: the separation of powers.
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CommentaryFive bygone elections that echo into 2024
Read More: Five bygone elections that echo into 2024Another quadrennial brings another round of the same hyperbole. Who’s to say none of them apply to 2024? But an honest look at past elections suggests that there is nothing…
