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Idaho education officials plot to hide racist ‘social emotional learning’ from parents

By Wayne Hoffman
October 20, 2021
It’s not a tax increase. It’s a “revenue enhancement.” It’s not massive new government spending. It’s an “investment.”  It’s not critical race theory. It’s “culturally responsive teaching.”  This politician is not a liberal. He’s a “common-sense conservative.”  Folks in government have a horrible habit of conjuring up all sorts of euphemisms to describe the things […]
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EdChoice public opinion tracker shows Idahoans, parents support school choice

By Kaitlyn Shepherd
October 18, 2021
Debate over COVID-19 mitigation strategies continues to rage as many Idaho schoolchildren returned to the classroom recently. Exacerbation over how public schools have approached the pandemic and implemented distance learning plans has prompted parents to pursue alternative educational options for their children. And now we have the data to back it up. Updated polling data […]
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Idaho Business for Education’s scorecard provides cover for Democrats and education establishment

By Fred Birnbaum
October 16, 2021
Idaho Business for Education (IBE) describes itself as follows: “We are the only statewide business organization in Idaho that is focused solely on education. We believe an educated workforce is the key to a successful economy and is vital to setting our children up for success in school, work, and life.” While there are too […]
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Idaho Medical Association goes after Idaho doc for advocating alternatives to COVID-19 vaccines

By Wayne Hoffman
October 11, 2021
I’ve never been a huge fan of the Idaho Medical Association, a big government special interest group that has often advocated for the most destructive of policy ideas. They’ve advocated for Medicaid expansion, allowing minors to get vaccines without parental permission, and requiring nearly all vaccines administered to adults and children in Idaho to go […]
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School board candidate survey informs parents, voters on critical education issues

By Kaitlyn Shepherd
October 11, 2021
Actions of local school boards are at the forefront of many parents’ minds. Families and voters all over the country have been angered over school boards’ mask mandates, curricular choices, and unnecessary school closures. Ironically, voter turnout for school board elections is low. Parents who want to see change in their child’s school must start […]
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Idaho media should be embarrassed over McGeachin lawsuit

By Wayne Hoffman
October 6, 2021
Some people on the interwebs think I should be outraged at Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin because she refused to give out the names of Idahoans who had contacted her office for help fighting critical race theory in Idaho’s government schools. Actually, I’m quite proud of her. She did the right thing.  It’s the Idaho media […]
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Breaking: Big City Coffee sues BSU for $10 million

By Dustin Hurst
October 1, 2021
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Free-range kids: Let them be kids, before it’s too late

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
October 1, 2021
By Anna K. Miller and Kaitlyn Shepherd  In December 2014, Maryland parents Danielle and Alexander Meitiv received a visit from police and were investigated by Child Protective Services over concerns about parental neglect after allowing their two children, ages 6 and 10, to walk one mile home from a nearby park. Similarly, in August 2018, […]
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Idaho journalists ignore ugly racism from Nampa school board candidate

By Dustin Hurst
September 30, 2021
Chandra Reyna is a racist who wants to shape the minds of students in the Nampa School District.  Unfortunately, most voters in Nampa won’t ever see her ugly anti-white, anti-police messages. Why? Apparently they’re not newsworthy enough for the media to report on.  A few days ago, concerned parents in the Nampa School District started […]
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Hospitals deserve blame for ‘crisis standards of care’

By Wayne Hoffman
September 27, 2021
Don’t blame the unvaccinated for the activation of the state’s “crisis standards of care” at Idaho’s hospitals. Blame the state’s big hospitals. Going back to the 1980s, Idaho had close to four hospital beds for every 1,000 residents. Today, the state has slightly more than two beds per 1,000 residents. This isn’t just an Idaho […]
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Little, Bedke, and Winder do nothing to stop BSU COVID passport from taking effect

By Wayne Hoffman
September 21, 2021
Idaho Gov. Brad Little, House Speaker Scott Bedke, and Senate Pro Tem Chuck Winder had no trouble tearing into President Joe Biden after he announced his dumb, vindicitive, and just plain terrble vaccine mandates. But they have been suspiciously silent about the mandate being imposed by a government agency of which they have oversight: Boise […]
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Statists of the Quarter: Gov. Brad Little and the Flip Flop Five

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff
September 20, 2021
It’s time yet again to crown our Statist of the Quarter, for the second quarter 2021. The competition was fierce. You voted. And the winners are Gov. Brad Little and the Flip Flop Five.  Just to remind you, Gov. Little vetoed Senate Bill 1136 and House Bill 135, two bills that would have limited his […]
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