Voices

This is not going to be your typical election-year “caretaker” session, and maybe not an easy one for the governor.

Our state leadership must act with urgency unless hemorrhaging our very best educators is now an accepted status quo.

That’s why I voted “no” on supporting an expansion of the state’s “career ladder.”

It appears the State Board ignored the valid Common Core critiques leveled by concerned Idahoans. That’s shameful.

People need to feel free to openly question whether the government-run education monopoly is the best we can do.

Here were some of the successful strategies they identified.

It may be time to revisit some fiscal policies that haven’t changed in decades. One of those policies is sales tax exemptions, which are rarely reviewed and never sunset.

Let’s break down a paycheck for a first year Idaho teacher. 

The optics behind the State Board of Education’s super-quiet decision late last month to reapprove Common Core education standards should not sit well with Idahoans.

As a Board, our No. 1 priority is holding down tuition costs while still providing quality education and support students need to stay on campus and graduate.