Voices

Literature allows the mind to travel

Reading takes the free raw material of the mind and builds castles of possibilities. Great literature is transformative.

  Idaho Freedom Foundation flails in its quest to tar Idaho’s public schools

Instead of trying to tear them down, like IFF loves to do, we should be doing our level best to build them up with proper funding and strong public support.

National business leader pays it forward in Idaho

Read Mary Mary Daly’s story and why the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco wants to help Idaho teens get to college.

A letter to the SDE from Decoding Dyslexia Idaho

We hope that the State Department will consider the following points when communicating and assisting school districts in implementation.

A guide to sports parenting

Our goal is to try and have parents look at their athletes and their athletics from multiple perspectives.

The Protection of Children is NOT Violence

The very large mamma bear inside of me rejects the assertion that insisting on standards that protect children against sexual exploitation constitutes “hate and bigotry.” 

It’s time to acknowledge those affected by suicide

My thoughts this month have been with Idaho youth in particular, a population for whom the Centers for Disease Control says suicide is the third leading cause of death.

Idaho begs for school choice

Idaho is stuck in a log jam created by myopic public school bureaucrats fighting dark-money lobbies hired to wage all or nothing wars against government schools.

This time, we got something for kids

I’m proud that the entire Democratic Caucus voted to support our students and teachers.

The powerful propaganda of critical race theory

While on the campaign trail in my quest to be Idaho’s superintendent, I converse with people who are concerned about critical race theory.