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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InsightsHow nonprofit Next Step to Success teaches kids the ‘success sequence’
Read More: How nonprofit Next Step to Success teaches kids the ‘success sequence’Nonprofit and community collaboration can help fill gaps of support for students in areas where public policy can’t reach as effectively.
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CommentaryHow Utah can increase parent access to curriculum
Read More: How Utah can increase parent access to curriculumTo advance the work of individual educators without overburdening them with new requirements, the Legislature could enact a program that rewards teachers who proactively make curriculum information accessible to parents…
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InsightsFederal agency ‘guidance’ uses a backdoor approach to avoid open public process
Read More: Federal agency ‘guidance’ uses a backdoor approach to avoid open public processStates should collect and make publicly available the guidance they are given so that it can be assessed and, as necessary, criticized and challenged.
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InsightsA framework for the congressional efforts in education policy
Read More: A framework for the congressional efforts in education policyCongress can reduce its interference in K-12 education by changing the way it approaches education issues already on its desk.
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TakeawaysHow Utah school boards, districts, lawmakers can close parent-access gap
Read More: How Utah school boards, districts, lawmakers can close parent-access gapParent access to curriculum requires a strong parent-teacher partnership, but better implementation by the individual school districts and state is also necessary.
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ReportBoosting Parent Engagement in Public Schools by Strengthening Parent Access
Read More: Boosting Parent Engagement in Public Schools by Strengthening Parent AccessTo better understand how effectively districts are making curriculum information accessible to parents, Sutherland Institute reviewed Utah’s 41 school districts, using a rubric that reflects what we consider a robust…
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CommentaryCall for Utah constitutional amendment is about safeguarding checks and balances in lawmaking
Read More: Call for Utah constitutional amendment is about safeguarding checks and balances in lawmakingIn a nation founded on an expressed desire to accommodate both the will of the majority and the rights of the minority, we should always seek the highest possible level…
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Insights‘So unimaginable and so abhorrent’: UCLA case is a reminder of how bigotry resurfaces
Read More: ‘So unimaginable and so abhorrent’: UCLA case is a reminder of how bigotry resurfacesCourt rebukes university over how it allowed protesters to exclude Jews from areas of campus.
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CommentaryPassing Educational-Freedom Legislation Is Only the First Step
Read More: Passing Educational-Freedom Legislation Is Only the First StepSchool-choice advocates face challenges beyond just implementation, even in friendly states.
