Terry Ryan
School funding formula hijinks
Lawmakers should move forward with a new school funding formula that focuses on flexibility, local control and student outcomes.
Collaborators: How universities and colleges work with public charter schools
Some of the most exciting and powerful things happening in public education in America involve partnerships between public charter schools and higher education institutions.
When it comes to public charter schools, districts just say no
Here are five reasons why I think school districts and public charter schools march down their separate paths when they could do more together.
Ohio vs. Idaho: A tale of two charter school sectors
Public charter schools are creatures of state politics and policies. Some states have done it better than others, but all can learn from others.
A note to Idaho’s next governor:
Please help Idaho’s public charter schools do more for our families and children.
Shackled education pioneers — Idaho’s public charter schools
Despite the many challenges and constraints, Idaho’s charter schools have earned the right to the operational flexibilities that defined the intent of the original charter school law.
Idaho’s school diversity history is unique to national trends
Idaho’s history with segregation, desegregation and charter schools is different than what a national story reported.
Reader view: Now is the time for a new school funding formula
It is past time for Idaho to craft a plan that not only better meets the needs of today’s students, but is nimble enough to meet the needs of their children.
Idaho disses some of its best high schools
The State Department of Education has been providing data to the U.S. News and World Report that is inaccurate and unfair to some of the state’s top high schools.
Return operational flexibility to Idaho’s public charter schools
Lets hold charter schools accountable for their performance, but in return, it is appropriate to find ways to offer these schools more space to be different.