A Parent’s Real-World Example: Imagine this: you live in Boise, enroll your kids, and get used to the Boise School District’s app. You upload medical records, contact information, emergency numbers — your family’s whole life into the system. Then life changes, you move to Nampa, and suddenly you are told to download a brand-new app. Start over. […]
Everyone seems to have their own definition of fascism, but trying to define fascism is like trying to nail jelly to a wall: Just like everyone has their own definition of Communism and Socialism, we appear to be in a name-calling contest in America, but no one has a clue as to what most of […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 30, 2025 The Idaho Second Amendment Alliance (ISAA) is calling on the Idaho Legislature to eliminate gun-free school zones and restore the right of school staff to protect themselves and their students. In 2024, lawmakers had the opportunity to pass HB 415, a bill that would have curbed school boards’ authority to […]
Since it is the beginning of the school year, I wanted to touch on our education system here in Idaho. Eighty percent of Americans support school choice, and the path forward is clear that families deserve the power to choose the best education for their kids. For years, we have lived with the failure of […]
This is Part 2 of the series, Support the Teachers and Education in Jefferson County. You can read Part 1 here. I teach a constitution class. We have been discussing the book The 5000 Year Leap. Cleon Skousen presents 28 principles of Freedom. Number 4 is Religion. Our churches play an important role in our […]
School Summer break is here. I visited schools in Rigby. They are using this time to reorganize, to clean, and to repair the school grounds. That’s great! Get ready for the next school year. Following their lead, I want to share my thoughts on how we can help our teachers and education from kindergarten to […]
I always hear people complaining about taxes and how they keep going up, but when I told a group of our homeowners today that there was an election this Tuesday to raise their taxes, many of them did not know about it. So let me educate all of our readers about the 27 counties that […]
This article courtesy of the Idaho Freedom Foundation Among the most important triumphs of the 2025 legislative session were the steps taken to advance educational freedom. After years of stubborn resistance from the education establishment, Idaho joined the ranks of conservative states with a meaningful school choice initiative thanks to the leadership of several key […]
What is Going On in Salmon School District No. 291? This article courtesy of the Idaho Freedom Foundation Kids should not have to be subjected to sexually and politically charged flags and banners in their junior and senior high school classrooms. They should not be punished for expressing support for traditional family values in school […]
The problem we are having with governance in our State deals primarily and fundamentally with the “process of governance” which for too long has been controlled by the corporatist lobbying interests in our State, who not only control the process of legislating, but they also control the regulatory administrative bureaucracy that has for 30 years […]
Dear Friends, After several years and several attempts, Idaho finally has a law supporting real school choice. As with most all legislation, it’s not perfect, but it’s a good start for something that plays an outsized role in our state – meeting the educational needs of our kids. Education has never been effective as a […]
Republished, with permission, from the Idaho Freedom Foundation The Idaho Legislature will soon decide whether to approve the newly revised K-12 social studies standards (Standards) developed by the State Department of Education (SDE) over the past year. Last session, the Legislature adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 116, directing the SDE to create standards that emphasize the […]