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Wyoming parents shouldn’t lose hope about paused education choice funds
While funds may be temporarily paused for the nearly 4,000 families approved to receive education savings account funding in Wyoming...

Marta Mossburg
Jul 284 min read


MSPC launches the Bill & Milly Kay Baldwin Center for Education
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.

MSPC Newsroom
Jul 242 min read


Students and teachers deserve better: Congress should reform the NEA federal charter
Most Americans are unaware that the National Education Association (NEA) — the nation’s largest teachers’ union — enjoys a rare privilege: a federal charter granted by Congress in 1906. That puts the NEA in the same elite company as storied civic institutions like the American Red Cross, the Boy Scouts of America, and the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Chris Cargill
Jul 174 min read


Important details released for Idaho's new education choice tax credit
Parents, you won't want to miss these details from the Idaho State Tax Commission. The full implementation of HB 93 (school choice tax...

Jason Mercier
Jul 82 min read


Parental rights win at the Supreme Court
Government cannot condition the benefit of free public education on a requirement that threatens a family's religious beliefs.

Chris Cargill
Jun 272 min read


Court should uphold Education Savings Accounts in Wyoming
The Wyoming Education Association’s (WEA) lawsuit  against school-choice legislation reveals its hostility to children, families and...

Marta Mossburg
Jun 233 min read


The child is not a mere creature of the State
Parental rights are not something the government gives, and any free society should never permit it to be so.

Chris Cargill
Jun 52 min read


School choice to reshape Wyoming students’ education
Wyoming residents are speaking loudly in support of school choice. In the first two weeks that residents could apply to receive $7,000...

Marta Mossburg
Jun 33 min read


The national push for AI education
President Trump recently used his executive pen to advance AI education across the country. Signed on April 23, the “Advancing Artificial...

Sebastian Griffin
May 292 min read


Introducing the first Public School Transparency Index
School district budgets are a maze of numbers and jargon that most citizens cannot understand. Even some lawmakers have difficulty...

MSPC Newsroom
May 12 min read


Ignore the noise: Idaho's new ed choice law is completely constitutional
Citizens, lawmakers and the media must understand and expect any new program to face legal challenges, especially when it is perceived to threaten special interest groups including unions.

Chris Cargill
Apr 234 min read


Transparent Idaho website adds additional details on education spending
Have you ever wondered how your tax dollars are being spent in Idaho? State Controller Brandon Woolf has just the tool for you:...

Jason Mercier
Apr 172 min read


Open Enrollment: The most popular public education choice option
Imagine being assigned to a grocery store based on your zip code. Would you be able to find all the products you need at the right price?...

Chris Cargill
Apr 154 min read


Idaho wraps up a monumentally successful legislative session
Legislators adjourned Friday afternoon, 89 days after they kicked off the session on a foggy, cold January morning in Boise. Nearly 800 bill

MSPC Newsroom
Apr 42 min read


Public schools are set up to fail
If we want to improve the performance of our schools, which is crucial to both the economic health and security of our nation, we need to ch

Donald P. Nielsen
Mar 303 min read


The two sentence bill, and the call for school budget transparency
Idaho's state House has approved perhaps the simplest bill introduced this legislative session. The measure - House Bill 416, introduced by

Chris Cargill
Mar 212 min read


Idaho bills would provide traditional public schools more flexibility to innovate
Having already enacted enhanced education choice options for families ( HB 93 ), Idaho lawmakers are continuing their education reform...

Jason Mercier
Mar 173 min read


Why the road to education choice in Idaho was so bumpy
Why, in conservative Idaho, did it take so long? Like any state, there are a variety of factors at play. The dominance of a union, apprehens

Chris Cargill
Mar 122 min read


Parents and students score big victories in Wyoming and Idaho
Parents and children are two of the biggest victors of this year’s legislative sessions in Wyoming and Idaho with strong backing from...

Marta Mossburg
Mar 53 min read


Time to pull the plug on the Department of Education
For too long, the massive federal bureaucracy has been allowed to grow while becoming less and less efficient in how it spends tax dollars.

Donald P. Nielsen
Mar 13 min read
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