Layne McInelly

Layne McInelly is the president of the Idaho Education Association, Idaho's teachers union. He was a sixth grade teacher at Morley Nelson Elementary and served as the IEA's vice president for five and a half years.

Idaho’s reading program

Will they finally do the hard work of looking at what Idaho’s public schools really need, or will they continue to neglect our most vulnerable students?

Idaho educators send a ‘Mayday’ about May 20’s bond and levy elections

Our main focus for May Matters is the primary election of May 2026 when all 105 seats in the Idaho Legislature will be on the ballot.

IEA president: Little should veto HB 93

Idaho’s educators and public schools provide exceptional value, innovation, care and creativity for the taxpayer dollars they receive.

Lawmakers must avoid the false promise of vouchers

Neither publicly elected school boards nor state officials oversee private schools, leaving taxpayers without input, insight or recourse about how tax dollars are spent.

American Education Week: Recognition, Reminder, and Opportunity

If we fail to protect our public schools and educators, the access and opportunity to a great education that we all take for granted could slip away.

Rising private sector pay creates a conundrum for school districts

Idaho school support staff, or classified workers, have historically been among the lowest compensated employees in any field.

K-12 budget fiasco the latest example of legislative dysfunction

It seems that Idaho lawmakers are intentionally dismantling public education through underfunding of schools, canceling the voices of professional educators, and extremist grandstanding.