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Educators, community members and students share their opinions about Idaho education.
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Idaho’s future depends on quality higher education
After a tuition freeze, now what? How do we maintain, but also improve the financial standing of our institutions?
I am grateful to Idaho Lawmakers for looking at teacher salaries
The mood is shifting among teachers. Idaho is becoming a more attractive place for educators.
Every parent knows why the bond election rerun bill is good policy
Let’s hope senators and the governor clamp down on bond reruns and protect taxpayers from aggressive taxing districts that don’t respect the will of voters.
We Must Make Real Investments in Idaho Schools
A change is needed not just in how we invest in our kids, but how our elected leaders look at investments in the first place.
Let’s invest in our children’s future
Reclaim Idaho’s Invest in Idaho ballot initiative puts our kids on the right path toward success.
Don’t rely on luck to address teens’ challenges
Invest in social-emotional learning.
Take action to solve Idaho’s jobs crisis
The Invest in Idaho ballot initiative would bring up to $200 million of new investments into our K-12 public schools.
High reliability school: Continuous improvement in West Ada
Superintendent Mary Ann Ranells calls her administrative team “our wonderful learning leaders” and that was certainly evident in our conversations with this dynamic group.
Consistent, thorough Idaho Content Standards should be retained
Once again Idaho finds itself trying to fend off unnecessary challenges to the framework that provides knowledge benchmarks for our students and teachers.
Credit Little with containing costs after Kustra’s expensive years at BSU
For the first time in many years, a governor’s budget forces Idaho’s four-year schools to evaluate their priorities.