The Blog at MSPC

Let’s avoid the awkward situation of explaining to Idaho families why a program designed to help them ended up putting them on hold.

As Idaho’s application window for the Parental Choice Tax Credit has come to a close, the final numbers tell a powerful story. We now know the final numbers submitted to the state tax commission by the the March 15 deadline: 6,069 families applied, covering 13,568 students across the state.

If Idaho had the same population as Texas, the current participation rate would translate to roughly 184,000 students.

Since applications opened on January 15, a total of 6,030 families have applied, covering 10,105 students. That’s not a one-day surge. That’s nearly a month of steady participation.

Open to high school teams from Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Washington, the We the Students Civics Bowl will bring together students from across the region for a fast-paced, academic team competition featuring tournament-style bracket play and celebrity judges and moderators from law, media, and public life.

Idaho’s new school choice program is turning up the heat. That’s great news — because every school, public or private, should have to prove its worth.

Mountain States Policy Center (MSPC) is proud to announce the official launch of the Bill & Milly Kay Baldwin Center for Education, a new research and advocacy hub focused on expanding educational opportunity and defending student-centered policy reforms throughout the Mountain West.

One of the most popular charts available today tells a story: huge increases in administrative staffing, small increases in teachers and stu

An attempt by a coalition of teachers unions and public school activists to block implementation of Education Savings Accounts in Montana ha

Utah State Representative Candice Pierucci first took her seat in the Utah Legislature in 2019 - when she was just 27 years old. Four...

Governor Greg Gianforte has signed a bill that creates Education Savings Accounts for special needs children in Montana.

Higher education is getting more expensive, and both taxpayers and students being saddled with the cost.

The Montana Senate is now considering a bill that would offer special needs children access to ESA worth roughly$6,816.

Ten years ago, Idaho was spending $1.3 billion. Over the past decade, K-12 state spending has ballooned 106.2%.