Chris Cargill

Education opportunity is one of the greatest civil rights issues of our time.

If you had these odds, you’d buy a lottery ticket. This is the week each year that we celebrate education choice. Those across the political spectrum have recognized the need to provide kids with more options, whether they be public, private, religious, charter or magnet. Education choice means all the above. It does not mean…

This MSPC idea would require all public school districts, both on the first page of their budget and also on the front page of the district’s main website, to clearly report six simple things.

Hopefully, lawmakers can come up with a plan that uniquely fits Idaho and helps more students succeed.

If you can’t convince your fellow lawmakers, you have the authority to vote those lawmakers out of office.

Because the CREDO research has been consistently reviewing the performance of charter schools for more than 15 years, it can be labeled one of the most credible of major charter school students.

“Student support”- which is defined as tuition and fees – “has grown four times the rate of inflation from 1992 through 2021” according to the state JFAC.

While states including Florida, Iowa, Arkansas, Utah and Arizona have expanded choice to improve outcomes, Idaho seems to be stuck in neutral.

Idaho lawmakers voted to advance a bill that would place an advisory measure on the Idaho ballot in 2024 asking voters “should the state of Idaho direct or appropriate public tax dollars to private schools?”

Policymakers should always focus on a simple question: Does the policy allow those closest to the child the ability to make the decision?