Wayne Hoffman

Cartoon depictions on the ceiling at Wood River High School are but a symptom of a greater problem, that of kids being presented with a biased view of what American government is all about.

Idahoans should expect to see a reduction in agency regulations and the elimination of policies that have no business being on the books in Idaho.

The bill would award incentives to failing schools that are otherwise not available to the best schools and their teachers.

It’s still a problem because the solution is the problem.

Idaho’s report card on its government-run school system is confusing. The State Department’s difficulty with providing a direct representation of reality shouldn’t be surprising and yet it still manages to amaze.

Idaho taxpayers shouldn’t be made to inflate the retirement accounts of individual government employees.

Parents need and deserve honesty. That means straight answers on how well — or how poorly — Idaho’s schools are doing so we can do what’s best for kids.

Medicaid has already impacted education and myriad other government programs — and Medicaid expansion means more of the same.

Idaho outperformed 45 other states according to one measure of college readiness. But no one should confuse this top-10 ranking with excellence in education.