Tackling intergenerational poverty at Utah’s Legislature
How can Utah encourage the private sector to help children in intergenerational poverty? “HB 24 offers the hope to children in intergenerational poverty that their parents’ poverty and a lack of...
View ArticleTestimony in favor of Senate Bill 196 (Health Education Amendments)
Statement as prepared by William C. Duncan, senior fellow at Sutherland Institute, who testified in favor of SB 196 – Health Education Amendments, on Feb. 21, 2017, before the Senate Education...
View ArticleUtah should strengthen its DUI law
How a .05 BAC Standard Strengthens Personal Freedom A mountain of evidence suggests that moving Utah’s DUI blood alcohol content (BAC) standard to .05 will save lives and improve public safety on...
View ArticleTestimony in support of HB 168 (Kindergarten Supplemental Enrichment Program)
Testimony as prepared by Christine Cooke, who spoke in support of HB 168 (Kindergarten Supplemental Enrichment Program) on Feb. 9, 2017, before the House Education Committee of the Utah Legislature....
View ArticleTestimony in support of HB 239 (Juvenile Justice Amendments)
Testimony given by Derek Monson on Feb. 10, 2017, in support of HB 239 (Juvenile Justice Amendments) before the House Judiciary Committee of the Utah Legislature: Thank you, Mr. Chair and members of...
View ArticleSutherland’s Education Vision
Reform requires vision. Leaders who want to transform education must know where they want to go and why they want to go there. They spread their vision by elevating public dialogue to the level of...
View ArticleAchieving balance in hate crimes law
This brief analysis suggests that it is possible to enact a hate crimes statute that would avoid creating the most troubling criticisms of such laws — that they might abridge freedoms of speech or...
View ArticleTestimony regarding SB 78 (Teacher Pedagogical Assessment)
Testimony written by Christine Cooke and given by Stan Rasmussen on Jan. 27 the Senate Education Standing Committee regarding SB 78 (Teacher Pedagogical Assessment): Thank you, members of the...
View Article3 Things the Family Prosperity Index shows Utah legislators
By Krisana Finlay This Utah legislative session covers 1,200-plus bills, and with only 45 days to cover them all, legislators need to know what issues matters most. Luckily the newly published Family...
View ArticleOpioid epidemic in Utah
In Utah, and across the nation, we have seen the rise of an opioid epidemic that continues to explode exponentially. It is a topic we have been uncomfortable discussing, but is clearly an issue that...
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Unsure about school choice? Here’s why it matters
By Davi Johnson This week is National School Choice Week. President Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, Betsy DeVos, is an adamant proponent of school choice and has brought significant...
View ArticleOp-ed: A new economic dialogue can emerge from our fiery election season
Originally published in the Deseret News. After this bitter election season, America would do well to reflect on this ancient Chinese proverb: “Out of the hottest fire comes the strongest steel.” It is...
View ArticleOp-ed: After the election: A new education vision
Originally published in the Deseret News. Human beings are magnificent. We ask, wonder, reason, reflect and change. We are created to learn. As Aristotle put it, “All men by nature desire to know.”...
View ArticleOp-ed: A new dialogue of fairness and hope on religious freedom
Originally published in the Deseret News. This election season was full of highs and lows. On religious freedom, perhaps the lowest point came when the presidentially appointed chairman of the U.S....
View ArticleOp-ed: Community-based solutions — A new vision of self-government
Originally published in the Deseret News. At times, this election season has seemed like an exercise in how to most effectively undermine our national motto of e pluribus unum (“out of many, one”)....
View ArticleOp-ed: SLC public-accommodation policy should build equality, not walls
Originally published in The Salt Lake Tribune. Authored by Derek Monson and William C. Duncan. A thoughtful commentator recently expressed surprise that in a political season prominently featuring...
View ArticleJoin us in a ‘Tweet Up’ celebrating #SchoolChoice next week
When it comes to education, students deserve options. No two students are the same. Every student has specific needs, interests and potential. Parents and teachers know this. Students do too. It’s...
View ArticleChaffetz is right – D.C. should not promote suicide
In November, the District of Columbia Council overwhelmingly approved a bill that would allow doctors to help patients commit suicide if doctors believed the person had six months or less to live. Utah...
View ArticleDon’t destroy public education – transform it
We don’t need the destruction of public education; we need a transformation of public education. With an eye toward individualization, every kid down every street in America must have the opportunity...
View ArticleA glance at Utah’s Medicaid expansion
Activists have been pushing to expand Medicaid in Utah for some time now. Pressure to do so increased when a large portion of Obamacare was predicated on Medicaid expansion. Multiple legislative...
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