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IDAHO EDUCATION DEPARTMENT DISPUTES FUNDING CUTS ARE NEAR THE TOP IN THE NATION

  • Emilie Ritter Saunders reports a recent report by the non-partisan research organization Center on Budget Policy and Priorities says education cuts in Idaho have been

FEDERAL AID CUTS WOULD WEAKEN IDAHO'S ECONOMY

  • Rocky Barker reports Idaho will be a poorer state if the federal government’s deep budget cuts dramatically reduce spending and employment here. Economists say

IDAHO MUST QUIT FOOLING ITSELF ON SCHOOL FUNDING

  • Idaho Mountain Express editorial:  When it comes to funding public schools, Idaho is fooling itself. In response to new census data that shows Idaho

JOURNAL EDITORIAL: IDAHO SCHOOLS DON’T NEED MONEY, RIGHT?

  • Idaho State Journal editorial:  Fortunately, funding for schools is not the most important factor in education, according to a spokesperson for the State Department

IDAHO EDUCATION SPENDING NEAR LAST

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho’s school spending per pupil ranks second-worst in the nation for a second straight year, according to the latest figures from

IDAHO’S SCHOOL SPENDING AGAIN RANKS 50TH IN NATION

  • Betsy Russell reports Idaho’s school spending per pupil ranks 50th in the nation for a second straight year, according to the latest figures from

BUHL SCHOOLS TO BRING LEVY TO VOTERS

  • Julie Wootton reports after three unsuccessful attempts at passing a supplemental levy, the Buhl School District plans to give it another try. “We need

TINY IDAHO TOWN PONIES UP, BUT ITS SCHOOL STILL SUFFERS

  • Molly Messick reports:  You might not guess it, if you happened to pass through, but tiny Rockland, Idaho, population 318, is a place of

OUR VIEW: PUBLIC EDUCATION FUNDING — REPORT AND REACTION

  • Times – News Editorial:  As you’ve likely noticed, sometimes stories, quotations and events are not nearly as newsworthy — or entertaining — as the

QUESTIONS FOR IDAHO ECONOMIST MIKE FERGUSON

  • Sasha Abramsky | May 9, 2012 When Mike Ferguson was appointed chief economist for the state of Idaho in 1984, he was 34 years

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