School Choice

The new legislative session is here and the debate over school choice is among the many topics that will be on this years agenda.

With the 2025 Idaho legislative session gearing up, one hot button issue that lawmakers will be dealing with is school choice and how it could impact Idaho students.

It’s Friday, which means it's time for our Reporter Roundtable when Idaho Matters gets you up to date on all the news that made headlines this past week.

Idaho Matters takes a look at some of the current controversies in public education, from Critical Race Theory to censorship to arguments over school funding and school choice.

The debate over school choice is heating up in Idaho.

Reclaim Idaho, the group behind a recent ballot initiative to boost education funding, is launching a new awareness campaign to fight against school vouchers this upcoming legislative session.

This week in Boston, the National Education Association is holding its annual meeting to debate new school policies. A group from Idaho is among the 8,000…

House Speaker Scott Bedke has joined 140 GOP officials in endorsing Betsy DeVos, President Trump’s controversial choice for education secretary.Bedke…

Idaho lawmakers are considering a re-write of the state's charter school law. Thursday they'll hear from the public.Idaho was an early adopter of charter…

Idaho has 48 charter schools. The publicly funded, independently run schools have strong support from some of the state’s top political leaders. But a new…