Voices
Summer programs can help build strong youths
Summer can provide opportunities to explore areas that may be intimidating in formal settings, such as science, technology, engineering and math, known as STEM.
Graduation statistics fail America’s students
Parents, educators, and state policymakers should demand more information, not less.
Growing Medicaid program is already hurting schools, other programs
Medicaid has already impacted education and myriad other government programs — and Medicaid expansion means more of the same.
No outside study needed to see Idaho’s commitment to improving teacher pay
Work is underway this summer as the K-12 education funding formula committee moves from its two years of research into decision-making.
State education officials tout mediocre college-readiness ranking
Idaho outperformed 45 other states according to one measure of college readiness. But no one should confuse this top-10 ranking with excellence in education.
Let’s have a conversation about raising healthy kids
Jaclyn St. John is a mom and a health and wellness manager at Dairy West. The registered dietitian is going to write regular columns on how to keep kids fit so they can improve and learn.
Don’t pit Medicaid expansion against public schools budget
There is evidence that Medicaid expansion could support our public schools.
Are your kids getting bored?
Sometimes it brings them to tears! Share your ideas for keeping kids busy.
Education in Idaho can do better
Idaho’s lawmakers have short-changed our students. They have created this terrible situation and show no interest in correcting it.
Contrary to reports, Idaho teacher salaries are improving
A recent national report ranking teacher salaries does not factor in Idaho’s career ladder — and the state’s 9 percent average pay increases since 2015.