Voices
All Idaho children deserve safe, well-funded school facilities
Idaho’s negligence isn’t just damaging our schools and communities but our children’s futures, and it presents a serious public safety issue.
I don’t understand the vocal minority’s long-term goal or intent
That recent quote from the State Board of Education President Kurt Liebich at the Statehouse indicates frustration and confusion.
Idahoans deserve better than education canards and stoked rancor
The evidence in Idaho shows school choice helps children, families and educators achieve more and do better.
Many Idaho teens want a break before going to college. I did.
I wasn’t ready to map out my plans at 18. Enrolling in college didn’t mean I had to have a master plan, but it felt like that at times.
We believe early childhood education is the answer
One of our nation’s (and Idaho’s) greatest challenges is addressing the chronically low levels of reading preparedness among our children.
A letter to the House Education Committee from an Idaho superintendent
As the leader of this school district, I can confirm with great conviction that the Basin School District’s preschool curriculum does not contain Critical Race Theory as alleged by Rep. Dorothy Moon.
Parents and influence in the classroom
Parents want better for our children, and our teachers, than an education system forcefully coerced by a narrow-minded activist group.
Here’s what’s on Idaho’s school choice menu
Many Idaho families have a range of options when it comes to choosing a school. Other families don’t, and several factors can impact where parents are able to send their kids.
Mentoring puts the heart, connection into higher education
The right encouragement or the right advice at the right time can make all the difference.
Idaho’s five-year graduation rate hits highest-ever mark
This latest five-year rate, 84.1 percent, includes students who didn’t quite complete their high school education in time to graduate with their classmates in 2020.