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Educators, community members and students share their opinions about Idaho education.
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Grab the sunscreen — a ‘normal’ summer may be on its way
If COVID-19 and Idaho’s long winter have you in the dark, here are some ideas to start stretching those legs now that school’s almost out. What are your plans?
The IPTV debates have disclosed the serious candidates
Thanks to IPTV for performing a valuable public service by hosting the debates.
Why I am staying in teaching
My strong feelings about teaching stem from my background. I came to teaching by as untraditional a route as you could imagine.
The Idaho attorney general is the state’s family lawyer
Six former Idaho AGs have come together to clear up the confusion about the job responsibilities of Idaho’s top lawyer.
Conflict entrepreneurs ramp up attacks on public education
Out-of-state interests have picked up steam nationally and in Idaho partly because of the turmoil created by the pandemic.
The best investment you can make
Democratic state superintendent candidate Terry Gilbert backs Quality Education Act.
Idaho GOP need only look back to know public debate is an American necessity that moves us forward
Idahoans are facing true hardship: desperately high property taxes, the worst inflation in decades, a booming population in a stressed housing market, a worn transportation and infrastructure system, and a vilified public education system.
Save democracy and support public education. Follow the money.
Everyday people who benefit from public schools don’t like the machinations of the tax-dodging rich.
The not-so-secret war on our public schools.
In my 40-plus years of teaching, public education advocacy and mentoring elementary students, I have seen the wisdom of our Constitutional mandate up close and personal.
The legislative session was a mixed bag for kids and families
A bi-partisan group’s “Kids Matter” index rated 23 bills introduced in the 2022 Legislature and says some could help students, while others could cause “significant harm.”