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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Cox’s State of the State elevates family and success sequence
Read More: Cox’s State of the State elevates family and success sequenceThe governor rightly cited the institutional role of families and the long-term benefits of life milestones anchored to education, work and family.
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Accountability in HB 215 education bill
Read More: Accountability in HB 215 education billThe legislation requires annual audits of individual families’ scholarship accounts, a suspension process for those who misuse scholarship funds, and academic accountability to parents and students.
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FAQ on the proposed Utah Fits All Scholarship Program
Read More: FAQ on the proposed Utah Fits All Scholarship ProgramAnswers to questions such as: Why do we need this program? Are vouchers and education savings accounts the same thing? Didn’t Utah vote on this in 2007?
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U.S. has long history of giving funding to religious schools
Read More: U.S. has long history of giving funding to religious schoolsThe Supreme Court has made clear that parents cannot be excluded from publicly funded scholarship programs solely because they send their children to religious schools.
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How religious schools help tackle key higher education challenges
Read More: How religious schools help tackle key higher education challengesWhen the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching was launched in 1905, it specifically excluded religious schools from its benefits. Here’s why that was shortsighted.
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New Utah legislation seeks compromise: teacher pay and education choice
Read More: New Utah legislation seeks compromise: teacher pay and education choiceHB 215 reflects the best of Utah’s policymaking ethic: avoid making a zero-sum game of two important education policy reforms – and seek changes that serve the common good.
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Looking at accessibility of higher ed from a different angle
Read More: Looking at accessibility of higher ed from a different angleReligious schools are pursuing innovative ways of addressing the challenges facing universities and their students, including work-study and cost-saving programs.
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Education pluralism: education choice legislation
Read More: Education pluralism: education choice legislationModern private education choice policies include education savings accounts, vouchers, tax credit scholarships, tax credit education savings accounts, tax credits and deductions.
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Religious liberty and national security
Read More: Religious liberty and national securityWhile debates around religious freedom in the U.S. tend to revolve around the conflict of constitutional rights, religious freedom internationally is often a life-or-death situation.
