Teacher pay and property taxes
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Special to the Reader
As Americans, we have a long history of placing high value on education. Thomas Jefferson spoke and wrote to great lengths …
By Sen. Jim Woodward, R-Sagle
Special to the Reader
As Americans, we have a long history of placing high value on education. Thomas Jefferson spoke and wrote to great lengths …
By Rep. Steve Berch, D-Boise
Special to the Reader
The House Education Committee voted recently to reject and remove every word of Idaho’s education standards in math, English and science …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Contributor
A supplemental school levy has been in place since Lake Pend Oreille School District became its own district in 1999, requiring administrators to return to …
By Dr. Elizabeth Wargo
Reader Contributor
Sandpoint may be an aspiring trail town, but it has long been a place that values local educational opportunities that get youth into the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Reclaim Idaho now has its sights set on education, as the nonpartisan grassroots group launches the “Invest in Idaho” ballot initiative aimed at increasing investments …
By Karen McGhee
Special to the Reader
“We need to end the government monopoly in education by transferring power from bureaucracies and unions to families.” This sentiment, expressed by Jeb …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Priest River Elementary students had an assembly day last Friday that encouraged them to shoot for the stars — or at least planetary orbit.
Teacher …
By Sarah Garcia
Reader Columnist
On the second Thursday every May the quiet secluded Delay Farms in Careywood roars to life with the sounds of over a thousand students, volunteers, …
By Emily Erickson
Reader Columnist
I stomped with clamped fists up the steps to my college’s main hall, rain pattering my head to match my mood. My stomach flipped as …
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