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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InsightsWhy we need to ‘give the Devil the benefit of law’
Read More: Why we need to ‘give the Devil the benefit of law’The framers of the Constitution tried to enshrine the principle of the rule of law, because temptations to circumvent the law are hard to confine to only one circumstance. Even…
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InsightsQ&A: Junior Achievement is for home-schoolers too
Read More: Q&A: Junior Achievement is for home-schoolers tooJunior Achievement is a nonprofit that aims to help elementary and secondary students – in traditional or nontraditional school settings – learn principles of finance, economics and entrepreneurship.
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TakeawaysIncreasing choice in higher ed: 3 alternatives to traditional college
Read More: Increasing choice in higher ed: 3 alternatives to traditional collegeAs Utah diversifies its K-12 education programs with choices, we should take note that the state’s colleges and universities are doing the same.
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InsightsCan confidence in higher education be renewed with choice and innovation?
Read More: Can confidence in higher education be renewed with choice and innovation?Some institutions of postsecondary schooling – like UVU and BYU-Pathway Worldwide – are already making strides in reducing the cost to acquire employable skills.
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CommentaryTracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah
Read More: Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in UtahChildren in married families do better in school and in life. State agencies can do a better job of tracking these metrics.
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TakeawaysFBI anti-Catholic memo isn’t the only example of government discrimination
Read More: FBI anti-Catholic memo isn’t the only example of government discriminationA now-rescinded FBI memo regarding alleged threats from traditionalist Catholics comes amid other examples of religious discrimination.
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InsightsDoes AI belong in home schooling?
Read More: Does AI belong in home schooling?One group seems especially open to the potential uses of generative AI: home-schoolers. They are already open to doing things differently, and they need curriculum resources.
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InsightsAbortion coverage lawsuits could be avoided with better religious accommodation
Read More: Abortion coverage lawsuits could be avoided with better religious accommodationThe religious organizations in these cases will have U.S. Supreme Court precedent on their side.
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InsightsCan free market thinking improve education policy?
Read More: Can free market thinking improve education policy?Public policy and culture are shifting with the increased interest in new education choices, and AI is making its way into the classroom.
