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Let’s hope lawmakers aren’t fooled by the privatization advocates
The Legislature is poised to make one of the most consequential decisions in our state’s 133-year history.
The Idaho Legislature needs to solve real issues
What are Republicans in power advancing? One far-right folly after another.
Governor Batt personified what it means to be an Idahoan
He was a man of many talents, including a master of the English language. He used words as a newspaper columnist sparingly, but with the skill of a surgeon to get to the art of a matter.
Idaho cannot go on using the current method of funding our buildings
It is beyond disappointing as a parent and rural school trustee to see Senate Education hold Sen. Dave Lent’s bill on school facilities funding in committee.
Extremist GOP legislators are at it again, attacking our public libraries
The folks unhappy with pornography are attacking the wrong target. Libraries don’t traffic in pornography. That is the job of the internet.
What parents say about Idaho’s Empowering Parents Program
As Idaho works to create an expanded school choice universe for families it is critical that parents have a voice in how these programs evolve and are modified over time.
Legislators need to disclose any self-interest in “school choice” bill
Any lawmaker who has children enrolled in private or religious schools or who is home schooling should clear the air.
Letter to fellow citizens and elected officials
Vouchers are a bad idea being pushed by those whose ideology is counter to the first purpose of the Preamble.
Who’s afraid of a little accountability?
Before we consider distributing tax dollars to private schools, let’s make sure that they would have the same accountability requirements that are applied to public schools.
Education union bosses need to get out of the way of universal school choice
“Big Education” Union Bosses and their minions are hard at work spreading fear and false information about Senate Bill 1038, Freedom in Education Savings Accounts. Powerful education unions cling to their monopoly control of education and seem more interested in indoctrinating your children with their leftist ideology than teaching them. They fear that with the…