Terry Ryan
There is No One-Size Fits All Solution for Idaho’s Facilities Financing Challenges
There are a variety of choices and pathways that can be taken by state lawmakers to improve facility financing fairness for our students.
Plague followed by war: A personal story from Poland
Idaho education activist Terry Ryan is visiting schools in Poland, which could eventually have to find room for 700,000 new pupils.
A smart tool for helping to address Idaho’s school facilities challenge
An Idaho Revolving Loan fund would be a really good tool in helping our communities build schools for their growing student populations.
Idahoans deserve better than education canards and stoked rancor
The evidence in Idaho shows school choice helps children, families and educators achieve more and do better.
ARTEC: Was it even a public charter school?
The ARTEC story seems to be a sad tale of neglect and abandonment. In the end, it was the taxpayers who were left holding the bag.
Cancel culture versus parent choice
There are a lot of parents hoping that their schools of choice, and the teachers working in them, can weather the latest versions of America’s culture wars.
Public education dollars should support families with children
Idaho lawmakers are right to try and meet the urgency of the moment and to give students and families more options for their learning than they had 130 years or even just a year ago.
Now is the time to empower Idaho parents and educators
Empowering educators with options and choice as to where they work, how they educate, how they run their schools, and how they spend their money is better than scripting it in law, code and policies that always fall short.
Idaho education loses a strong, smart voice with the passing of Doug Park
His service to Idaho and its citizens, its families, and its children is impossible to measure.
Education and learning will be different in post-COVID Idaho
It would be wise for policy makers, lawmakers, and educators to look closely at how best to support not only our schools and educators, but also our families.