MSPC launches the Bill & Milly Kay Baldwin Center for Education

Mountain States Policy Center supporters Bill & Milly Kay Baldwin

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.

Named in honor of longtime MSPC supporters and seed funders Bill and Milly Kay Baldwin, who have generously pledged a large gift to make the center possible, the Baldwin Center will serve as a leading voice for education freedom in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Washington.

“Bill and Milly Kay Baldwin are visionaries who understand the urgent need for innovation and accountability in our education systems,” said Chris Cargill, President and CEO of MSPC. “Their investment will allow us to further research and defend proven policy reforms like Idaho’s House Bill 93, as well as build momentum for broader choice and accountability in our region.”

The search for the Baldwin Center's full-time director will begin immediately (full job description and application information available here). The center’s initial focus will be on the implementation of House Bill 93, the nation’s strongest education choice law, recently enacted in Idaho. The Center will conduct outreach to families, host public events, and publish original research demonstrating the value of giving parents more control over their children’s education.

Over time, the Baldwin Center will broaden its efforts to include additional policy research, legislative tracking, education transparency, coalition-building, and improving outcomes for children across all four states served by MSPC. Tax deductible contributions will help expand the center's work, and can be made here.

“Every student deserves the freedom to learn in the environment that works best for them,” the Baldwins said. “We view this as a gift to children for generations to come.”

MSPC is a non-profit, non-partisan research center that provides free market solutions to successfully grow the region. It concentrates its work in Idaho, Eastern Washington, Montana and Wyoming – one of the first organizations of its kind to cover multiple states.

The organization’s mission is to empower those in the Mountain States to succeed through non-partisan, quality research that promotes free enterprise, individual liberty and limited government.