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Educators, community members and students share their opinions about Idaho education.

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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.

Results from a recent poll conducted in Idaho commissioned by RISE

Idaho should focus on improving funding for public education and should ensure that all Idaho classrooms have access to the resources necessary for students to be successful. 

Freedom Foundation politicians are gunning for Idaho public schools

Idaho public schools have provided a free education to kids from every economic level, faith, race, creed, political outlook, whatever, since 1890.

Idaho’s superintendent must be a model for all of Idaho’s children

Mr. Branden Durst is a poor fit for the office. He apparently does not understand that all educators must always strive to be models of self-control.

Higher education helps drive Idaho’s booming economy

The Economic Value of Idaho Colleges and Universities report is posted on the State Board of Education website, and I encourage you to look at it and judge for yourself.