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Our public schools have served to ensure the stability of [our] republican form of government as well as the growth of our economic prosperity for more than a century.

We respectfully urge Governor Little to veto House Bill 93. In the State of the State address, Governor Little stated that ...

Before the House Revenue and Taxation Committee this month approved a bill creating a refundable tax credit for private education expenses, the legislative panel received hundreds of public comments ...

BONNERS FERRY — Boundary County School District voted last week to expand the waitlist for their online school to test the waters for an expansion next year. Before approving adding more students from ...

Since Common Schools (Public Schools) were first proposed in the 1830’s there has been controversy over public schools versus private schools and religious schools. Idaho like the rest of the states ...

The education landscape has changed. Parents are no longer bound to their local public school — or to any public school at all. However, many Idaho educators and policymakers still operate as if it ...

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From the moonscape of Butte County to the meandering Boise River in Ada, there is plenty to see across the Gem State. When we talk about school vouchers (including educational savings accounts and ...

The IDE is “currently assessing next steps” to fill the director position “and remains in communication with the tribes,” an official said.

There seems to be general agreement on the need to do something with Idaho’s convoluted and outmoded K-12 funding formula.

Now that the legislature has acted, it is time for all Idahoans to work together to make sure the program is successful and benefits all children.