Utah Foundation's Research for the Classroom Program

Several years ago, we conducted a special grant-funded program to create school lesson plans from our research reports. We no longer make these lesson plans from recent reports, but you may find the old lesson plans useful in your work.

Lesson Plans are available for each of the reports listed below.

• June 2004: Utah's Tax Situation
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• March 2004: The 2004 Utah Priorities Poll: The Top Issues and concerns of Utahns for the 2004 Gubernatorial Election
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• February 2004: Economic Recovery? A Comparison of Indicators for Utah and the United States Since March 2001
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• January 2004: Peak Load Growth Along the Wasatch Front: What's Driving Electricity Demand in Utah?
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• December 2003: State Government Debt in Utah: Rapid Growth in Recent Years
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• October 2003: Utah State Government Growth: 1991 to 2002
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• September 2003: Charter Schools: Can They Survive in Utah?
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• August 2003: Utah’s Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP): How Well Are We Doing?
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• July 2003: Utah Statewide School Testing Results: 2002, Including an Analysis of Technology in Utah Schools
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• May 2003: Redistributing Utah's Tax Resources: Burdens and Benefits Around the State
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• February 2003: The National Recession: Its Impacts on Utah and the Mountain West
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• January 2003: School Choice: Experiences with Vouchers and Tuition Tax Credits in Other States
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• December 2002: Utah's Regional Competitiveness for Non-Resident Higher Education Students
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• September 2002: Utah at the Crossroads: Challenges for K-12 Education in the Coming Ten Years
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• July 2002: Welfare in Utah: What Programs are Available and How Have Federal Reforms Affected Them?
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• May 2002: The Status of Private Schools in Utah
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
     
• April 2002: Creating an Oasis, Part Two: Water Consumption, Pricing and Conservation in Utah
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
  • Overheads
     
• March 2002: Utah Statewide School Testing Results: 2001
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
  • Overheads
     
• February 2002: Economic Recessions, Taxes, and Utah: Lessons Learned From the Past
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
  • Overheads
     
• February 2002: Creating an Oasis: Water Development and Funding in Utah
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
  • Overheads

• November 2001: Setting the Price of Higher Education in Utah
  • Research Report
  • Lesson Plan
  • Overheads