Wayne Hoffman

Credit Little with containing costs after Kustra’s expensive years at BSU

For the first time in many years, a governor’s budget forces Idaho’s four-year schools to evaluate their priorities.

2020 resolution: Let’s talk about what ails the public education system

People need to feel free to openly question whether the government-run education monopoly is the best we can do.

Education board didn’t hear Idahoans on Common Core

The optics behind the State Board of Education’s super-quiet decision late last month to reapprove Common Core education standards should not sit well with Idahoans.

Idaho Education Association’s real agenda: money and power

Let’s set the record straight: The IEA is a labor union, and as a labor union it is concerned about its power and the maintenance of it.

Help Idaho’s colleges and students by freezing tuition

It would force a much-needed reset that should help get Idaho’s institutions back on the right track. 

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

Candy coating the truth about education results won’t improve schools or help their students. 

Public hearings show continued public disdain for Common Core

State officials need to make implementing the standards voluntary, or abolish Common Core entirely.

Idaho’s public colleges’ “inclusion” efforts promote victimhood

There should be no tolerance for policies or expenditures that cater to the culture of victimhood, which is becoming all too common on campuses throughout the country.

Lackluster results prove Idaho must end Common Core

State officials still can’t say whether the supposedly-more-rigorous education standards have made a positive difference.

Task forces have not fixed education and it’s obvious why

After decades of studies and billions of dollars spent, maybe it’s time to admit the state is doing education all wrong.