Policy

Test scores continue to flounder while Ybarra celebrates ‘skinniest kid at fat camp’

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

November 1, 2019

If American public schools are ever going to improve, education officials need to be honest about where students are succeeding and where they aren’t. That’s mainly unsolicited advice for Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra, who found mostly joy and silver linings in the newest scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). […]

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Diversity & discernment: lessons from the gridiron

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff

October 23, 2019

By Dr. John M. Livingston | Medical Policy Adviser I grew up in Ohio in the 1960s. In Ohio and western Pennsylvania, football was, and remains today, a religion. I was lucky enough in the late ‘60s and early ‘70’s to play for two state championship high school football teams and one NCAA Division III […]

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Idaho welcomes diversity, but not the social justice version of it

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

October 4, 2019

About a hundred descendants of David and Yetta Cohen gathered for a family reunion in Georgia earlier this summer. Over the span of a few days, my aunts, uncles, and cousins, mostly Jews who live on the east coast, questioned me about Idaho, the state I’ve called home for nearly 25 years. Their curiosities were […]

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Sanders survives health scare thanks to American medical care

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff

October 2, 2019

By Dr. John M. Livingston | Medical Policy Adviser As a retired surgeon, I was sorry to hear that U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders had an ischemic event—crescendo angina or a heart attack—while campaigning in Las Vegas. I know firsthand that it’s probably a relief to Sanders, his friends, family, and supporters he was being treated […]

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Trillhaase’s head fake avoids the truth about career ladder

By Fred Birnbaum

October 2, 2019

I have to hand it to the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s longtime foe, Marty Trillhaase. The liberal columnist is a master of the head fake. Let’s roll back the tape to reveal Trillhaase’s almost-brilliant deception, a sly trick he used to dodge a serious discussion that the Idaho Freedom Foundation wants to have about the state’s […]

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Salmon and Challis: You can speak out against Common Core this week

By Dustin Hurst

September 30, 2019

This week, you get to voice your opinion on the Common Core Content Standards. Early next year, state lawmakers like Rep. Dorothy Moon of Stanley will decide if Idaho should re-authorize the standards. Thus, the Idaho State Board of Education will hold a Common Core standards repeal hearing on Oct. 3 at the American Legion […]

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Public hearings show continued public disdain for Common Core

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

August 30, 2019

The Idaho State Board of Education held hearings in August about Common Core education standards. Comments made by attendees prove that parents, students, business owners, and even some educators are not entirely supportive of the standards that Idaho adopted almost a decade ago. Interestingly, the standards are being backed chiefly by the state’s education labor […]

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Common Core hearings scheduled, a chance to undo bad policy

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President

August 9, 2019

Some long-overdue public hearings and discussions regarding Idaho’s education standards are coming your way. Hundreds of Idahoans asked the State Board of Education to open a discussion on Idaho’s decision, nine years ago, to adopt Common Core. (Though revised a bit in 2017, much of the troublesome standards remains). As a result, the petitioners got […]

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Are Idaho’s colleges and universities adequately funded?

By Fred Birnbaum

July 24, 2019

Earlier this month, Idaho’s 21 legislative Democrats signed a letter to BSU President Marlene Tromp to voice support for BSU’s diversity and inclusion agenda. Their letter also addressed higher education’s funding with the following statement: “Because of the legislature’s neglect, tuition costs are rising… While some Majority legislators don’t see the need to effectively fund […]

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BSU leaders suggest Ehardt letter was 'painful' for students

By Dustin Hurst

July 22, 2019

If civil discourse in this country isn’t dead or on life support, it’s almost certainly doodling in an adult coloring book while cowering in a safe space. We experience the ugliness of overheated rhetoric everywhere: It’s on the news, where talking heads scream at one another and never actually discuss anything. It’s on social media, […]

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To Rep. Erpelding: Name-calling is fun and all, but how about some real dialogue?

By Janae Wilkerson

July 22, 2019

Have you ever tried to raise a question, only for misinterpreting responders to make legitimate conversation impossible? That’s how I felt reading a recent op-ed rebuttal by Rep. Mat Erpelding, the House minority leader from Boise’s North End. Two weeks ago, 28 legislators signed a letter to BSU President Marlene Tromp, in which they expressed […]

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Grocery tax repeal gains major allies

By Idaho Freedom Foundation staff

February 7, 2017

The idea of repealing Idaho’s tax on groceries gained a number of vocal allies this past week, including two Idaho newspapers. The Twin Falls Times-News, Coeur d’Alene Press and the Idaho Organization of Resource Councils all endorsed an end to Idaho’s six percent tax on groceries. All three spoke out as House members considered -- […]

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Policy

Test scores continue to flounder while Ybarra celebrates ‘skinniest kid at fat camp’

Diversity & discernment: lessons from the gridiron

Idaho welcomes diversity, but not the social justice version of it

Sanders survives health scare thanks to American medical care

Trillhaase’s head fake avoids the truth about career ladder

Salmon and Challis: You can speak out against Common Core this week

Public hearings show continued public disdain for Common Core

Common Core hearings scheduled, a chance to undo bad policy

Are Idaho’s colleges and universities adequately funded?

BSU leaders suggest Ehardt letter was 'painful' for students

To Rep. Erpelding: Name-calling is fun and all, but how about some real dialogue?

Grocery tax repeal gains major allies

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Policy

Test scores continue to flounder while Ybarra celebrates ‘skinniest kid at fat camp’

Diversity & discernment: lessons from the gridiron

Idaho welcomes diversity, but not the social justice version of it

Sanders survives health scare thanks to American medical care

Trillhaase’s head fake avoids the truth about career ladder

Salmon and Challis: You can speak out against Common Core this week

Public hearings show continued public disdain for Common Core

Common Core hearings scheduled, a chance to undo bad policy

Are Idaho’s colleges and universities adequately funded?

BSU leaders suggest Ehardt letter was 'painful' for students

To Rep. Erpelding: Name-calling is fun and all, but how about some real dialogue?

Grocery tax repeal gains major allies

Latest Research

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