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Public employees lobbying on the taxpayer’s dime, Part II, Senate Education Committee edition

By Mitch Coffman
March 14, 2011
Idahoans paid approximately $22,694 for 127 public school employees to testify before the Senate Education Committee the week of February 7, 2011. This is more than twice what it cost the taxpayer for public school employees to testify before the Joint Finance and Appropriations Committee on January 21. Public school employees came from all over […]
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An appeal to Idaho teachers

By Mitch Coffman
March 8, 2011
In private, Idaho’s teachers will admit they're stifled at work. They live with the bureaucracy, lack of monetary reward and the “we’ve always done it this way” culture in exchange for being with their own children when they’re not at school and making a difference in the lives of many other children. Now teachers are […]
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Students misled regarding education reform efforts

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
March 8, 2011
It's a bit disquieting to watch our schoolchildren be manipulated into believing that Public School Superintendent Tom Luna is attacking our state's education system. He's not. But students have been fed such propaganda via our own classrooms, that a raucous group has been huddling on the Statehouse steps chanting "kill the bill," not knowing, really, […]
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Governor can still stop Obamacare

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
March 3, 2011
On Friday, the Senate State Affairs Committee killed on a 7-2 vote House Bill 117, which would have prevented the operability of Obamacare in Idaho. It’s amazing to me that lawmakers in a state like Idaho would refuse to pass legislation to keep Obamacare from taking hold in the state. House Bill 117 was not […]
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Kudos to SBOE for disbanding ISU Faculty Senate - time for higher ed reform

By Erik Makrush
February 24, 2011
Kudos to the State Board of Education for taking the stand to temporarily disband the Faculty Senate at Idaho State University. The Faculty Senate has accused the SBOE of plotting against the faculty and that the vote was pre-planned from the beginning. The truth is that SBOE told both sides to take a time out […]
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Break down the digital education divide

By Mitch Coffman
February 21, 2011
Online school isn’t coming - it’s already here. So why are Idaho’s policymakers even slightly reluctant to offer kids more choices from among the thousands of course offerings provided by states, universities, for-profit and non-profit companies? Are we going to ride the online learning tidal wave, or is it going to crush us? We could […]
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Public education employees lobbying on the taxpayer's dime

By Mitch Coffman
February 8, 2011
Idahoans paid at least $10,670 plus 33 days of leave for 46 classroom teachers and one librarian to testify before the legislative Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Friday, January 21. The calculations by the Idaho Freedom Foundation are based on payroll data from IFF's OurIdaho.com payroll database, the leave policies of their school districts and costs […]
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States, including Idaho, must take another, stronger stand against Obamacare

By Wayne Hoffman, IFF’s former President
February 1, 2011
With all the media attention focused on Idaho and mock outrage from some folks, you'd think that members of the Idaho Legislature had proposed making Klingon the official language. The headlines in some newspapers speak of "rebellion," as if Idaho has amassed troops along the border and were fueling tanks and bombers. Clearly, that's not […]
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The Ten Elements of High Quality Digital Learning

By Mitch Coffman
January 25, 2011
Not very long ago, if I wanted to own a hit song, I had to truck on down to the record store and buy an entire album. Maybe two or three albums because maybe I wanted “Hungry Heart” and “Thunder Road” and “Glory Days.” Now, we have online music services, like iTunes, Amazon and Rhapsody. […]
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"Here we have Idaho" - Report Card on Higher Education

By IFF
January 11, 2011
THE STATE SONG “HERE WE HAVE IDAHO” GETS IT RIGHT. Proclaiming the joys and benefits of the Gem State, it depicts a state where “ideals can be realized” and where citizens will have a legacy to prize. Surely, a strong educational system is central to realizing those ideals, and it is with that goal in […]
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Time for Idaho to break the barrier of transparency in Higher Education

By Erik Makrush
November 29, 2010
Since the inception of the Idaho Freedom Foundation, we have been leading the charge for an accountable local and state government. Today, we continue fight for transparency and fiscal responsibility at all levels of government. At the 2011 Legislative Preview hosted by the Idaho Freedom Foundation, Senate and House leadership acknowledged that while the state […]
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Idaho's Superintendent of Public Instruction Candidates and School Choice

By Mitch Coffman
October 31, 2010
Candidates for Idaho State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna and Stan Olson spoke recently on two separate occasions at Sage International Public Charter School in Boise on the topic of “The Sustainability of Charter Schools in Idaho.” Neither was asked to address specific questions but the freewheeling sessions brought forth each candidate’s thoughts on […]
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