Idahoans for Choice in Education is an Idaho Political Action Committee dedicated to improving education in Idaho. Our mission is to give parents an independent voice in education by supporting their right to choose the best education for their children. Parental choice is the key to improving Idaho's education system. Parents must be able to choose among public, public charter, private and home schools.
LEGISLATIVE BRIEFS
NEW CHOICES, CHOICES AND MORE CHOICES! - Volume V, Issue IV complete article
NEW Gaming The System Or "Racing To The Bottom" - Volume V, Issue V complete article
NEW The Four-Day School Week Education Innovation Or Race To The Bottom - Volume V, Issue VI complete article
Letter To Senators: Feb. 23rd, 2011 - Volume V, Issue I complete article
"Modification of Teacher Tenure Law is long overdue!" - Volume V,Issue II complete article
Will Luna's School Reform plan Really Put Kids First? - Volume V,
Issue III complete article
NEWS ARTICLES
NEW Congratulations to Our Legislators! After a long, and at times very stressful 2011 legislative session, it is appropriate to offer our legislators our sincere congratulations and appreciation for a job well done. It's not hard to offer ideas to improve our schools. It's another thing entirely to get those reforms passed into law. complete article
Waiting for Superman ...captivates and explores the reasons behind the fact that for the first time in our history, the education skills of one generation will not surpass, will not equal, will not even approach, those of their parents. complete article
Policy Makers Lack Vision Recently Idaho Launched its Idaho Education Network (IEN). This effort is a great start but does not go far enough to address the potential of technology to change our k-12 education system. complete article
Schooling: Any Place, Any Time! When technology was brought into the classroom many years ago, everything changed, and schooling improved dramatically. This “new” technology allowed information to be presented all at once, freeing up teachers to spend more time educating and less time replicating basic data. Because an innovation like this was impossible to ignore, soon every classroom was utilizing this technology. This technology was put into classrooms around 1801. It was the blackboard. complete article
DID YOU KNOW?
- That choice of schools is extremely important to most Idahoans
- That only 12% of Idahoans say that a regular public school is the top choice for their child’s school
- That 67% of Idahoans are in favor of charter schools and 60% are in favor of education vouchers
- That 47% of Idahoans believe their schools to be only fair or poor
- That 2/3 of Idaho voters believe that school funding is about right or too high
- That 63% of Idahoans believe that teacher salaries are about right or too high
- That 59% of Idahoans favor some form of tax credits for education purposes
- That 29% of Idaho voter are more likely to vote for a candidate for governor or state senator or state representative if they support education tax credits and for 35% it would make no difference
Note This information is from a scientific poll conducted in Idaho in 2008 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.
