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Educators, community members and students share their opinions about Idaho education.

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School is around the corner. Here are 4 things to do to set your student up for success.

Your involvement as a parent is one of the most powerful factors in your student’s progress.

Idaho needs an alternative minimum tax

Over the last 61 years we have pirated away the sales tax base by 89 special interest exemptions.

Back-to-school questions about online school, answered

Regardless of where your child attends school this fall, back-to-school responsibilities look similar for families

My middle school football coach is 86 — and still showing us how it’s done

Nearly 30 years after retiring, he’s still driven by the same desire to “prove he can do it.” It has defined him since a childhood where he struggled to fit in — and it’s left some of his other former students and players still measuring themselves against the lessons he teaches.

In the wake of tragedy, we can find strength and healing in community

Trauma is our emotional and physical response to an event so overwhelming that it exceeds our normal ability to cope.

Controller designates ‘Idaho Transparency Month’

It isn’t about “checking a box,” Brandon Woolf said Friday. “It’s about earning and maintaining the public’s trust.”

Our baby just got a financial head start for college

A new federal program gives eligible children an investment account. For my family, even small contributions mean a lot.

Law’s misspelling reveals a deeper truth

While stating that everything taught should be “historically and factually accurate” Idaho’s new civics law misspells the name of Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas. There is a deeper historical irony in confusing the names.