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Correcting the Lewiston Tribune’s lies about education choice

By Anna Miller
October 14, 2020
If you repeat a lie often enough it becomes the truth. This is known as the illusion-of-truth effect. Or, a lie. A recent Lewiston Tribune editorial, “Freedom Foundation declares war on your schools,” used the illusion of truth to attack the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s support for education choice. The editorial promulgates a series of myths. […]
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Local governments lose credibility over property taxes

By Wayne Hoffman
October 10, 2020
No time to read? We’ve got you covered. All of my articles are delivered in podcast form to make your life easier. Click below to listen to Episode 5: Next legislative session, city and county officials and their hired lobbyists will arrive at the Capitol to object to property-tax relief. I hope they get laughed […]
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Little misses opportunity to defend religious freedom

By Wayne Hoffman
October 2, 2020
Gov. Brad Little was handed a major opportunity last week to defend religious liberty in his own state, but he punted. After three people were arrested for singing church hymns in a Moscow, Idaho, parking lot, Little’s office issued what had to be the weakest possible statement imaginable, designed not in defense of the poor […]
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Get your children out of public schools

By Anna Miller
October 1, 2020
When times get tough, teachers unions roll up their sleeves and … walk out on 35,000 students. On September 23, James Orr, the vice president of the West Ada Education Association (WAEA), sent a survey to all union members. He asked if they want to participate in a “work action” until the West Ada School […]
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Students need to learn civics, not activism

By Anna Miller
September 28, 2020
The logical structure of reason is what enables people to form societies of social cooperation, where they can share ideas, write books, discuss, and discover truth. Civics classrooms are now denouncing the very logic that ties society together. Reason and intellect is being replaced by the unfounded superstition that historical facts don't matter. This is […]
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Why care about the state of education?

By Anna Miller
September 21, 2020
As human beings, we are bound by the circumstances of time and place. However, an instrument exists that can liberate body and soul, as it nurtures the mind by cultivating our intellect and imagination. By mastering the mind, individuals become the master of their body and thus their circumstance. A discipline of mind is formed, […]
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Will Idaho policymakers continue to empower students?

By Anna Miller
September 21, 2020
Gov. Brad Little recently announced a small grant program to give parents and students more education options during COVID-19. However, less than 10% of Idaho K-12 students will be eligible to receive funds. This will not be enough to support all Idaho parents who are trying to give students an education that best fits their […]
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Scary: Little threatens to take away Halloween fun

By Wayne Hoffman
September 18, 2020
Next up in the latest round of ‘rona ridiculousness: Gov. Brad Little told a telephone townhall audience Tuesday that it’s “too risky” for youngsters to be out and about this Halloween, dressing up, trick-or-treating, and whatnot as they normally do on Oct. 31. During the same conference call, Little’s chief of epidemiology also suggested that […]
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BSU’s Tromp should lead by example, cut her own pay and benefits

By Fred Birnbaum
September 17, 2020
On Wednesday, Boise State University President Marlene Tromp announced a plan to inflict pay cuts and furloughs on all athletic department employees who earn more than $40,000 annually.  The school is reeling from the loss of football revenue after the Mountain West Conference canceled its season in August. The school, Tromp revealed recently, could be […]
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Idaho K-12 education funding: There is plenty of money to educate Idaho’s students

By Fred Birnbaum
September 14, 2020
When K-12 education funding is discussed in Idaho, it is frequently noted that Idaho ranks low in spending per student compared to other states. Recently the national left-wing teachers union, the National Education Association (NEA), published a study that ranked Idaho dead last. The problem with the NEA’s numbers: They don’t actually match what Idaho […]
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Little's grants a step in the right direction, but more ed choice work is needed

By Anna Miller
September 13, 2020
Since COVID-19 led to the shutdown of public school systems in March, parents and students have been victims of massive leadership failure. The public school system has proved to be unable or unwilling to adapt to the needs of Idaho communities. The burden has fallen on families to ensure their children’s educations continue. Nearly six […]
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More Idaho government institutions get behind Black Lives Matter

By Wayne Hoffman
September 12, 2020
Two months ago I wrote about how the University of Idaho had lent support to the Marxist Black Lives Matter, devoting a full webpage of “resources,” which includes mostly leftist propaganda. Since then, more of the university’s colleges have launched their own websites and issued their own statements dedicated to — and in support of […]
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