School Choice
Low-income students, religious schools, urban areas: Who will benefit from a school choice program?
Nearly two in three private schools are affiliated with a religion and most are in urban areas.
A blueprint or cautionary tale for Idaho? Arizona’s $800 million school choice program is popular but unruly
One point — and maybe only one point — on which supporters and opponents can agree: It’s been popular. And that’s either a selling point or a cause for concern. Is Idaho sold?
Is 2025 the year of private school choice in Idaho? ‘Several’ bills could be coming
Idaho is one of a few Republican-dominated states that has yet to adopt a program subsidizing private school tuition, through vouchers, education savings accounts or tax credits.
School choice
What’s the difference between a school voucher and an education savings account? Check out our guide that translates the jargon used in the school choice movement.
Analysis: A surprising school choice twist, and a tangled facilities law
Two takeaways from this week’s school administrators conference in Boise: State superintendent Debbie Critchfield repositions on private school choice, and an unexpected glitch in a new school facilities law.
Attorney general seeks to intervene in Blaine Amendment lawsuit
The lawsuit centers on whether a church can use a public school facility.
GOP primary results could shift dynamics of school choice debate
House Education’s anti-voucher wall may be coming down, while the Senate has lost its most powerful school choice proponent.
UPDATED: IEA-funded group targets Horman over school choice
Right 2 Learn has received $90,000 from the Idaho Education Association’s political arm. The PAC has spent close to $70,000 in an attempt to oust state Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, the co-chair of the Legislature’s budget committee.
School choice PAC: Statehouse opponents are targets
“If you’re a candidate or lawmaker who opposes school choice – you’re a target,” an American Federation for Children director told Idaho Education News. The group has spent close to $228,000, mostly on negative campaigning.
New lawsuit challenges Idaho’s Blaine Amendment
The lawsuit argues that the state’s ban on taxpayer resources going to religious institutions unconstitutionally violates religious freedom and free speech rights.