LEGISLATIVE BRIEF

A New addition to the ICE-PAC is the legislative brief, which is distributed weekly during the legislative session to keep you abreast of education issues and information the ICE-PAC is interested in and working on. 

Please click on the issue link below to view the Brief for that week. 

Volume 3, Issue 1

Volume 3, Issue 2

Volume 3, Issue 3

Volume 3, Issue 4

Volume 3, Issue 5

Volume 3, Issue 6

Volume 3, Issue 7  - "Union Debacles"

Volume 3, Issue 8 - "Pre-K"

Volume 3, Issue 9

NEWS ARTICLES

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ISTARS

An open letter to fellow Idahoans

An open letter to Governor Otter - Darrel Deide

The Union Simply Doesn't Get It! - Darrel Deide

Time for Change - Darrel Deide

Good Teachers Matter - Marie Gryphon

Democrats for (School) Choice - Clint Bolick

Don't Strangle the Goose - Holland Johnson

No Teacher Left Behind

Teacher Certification: An Irrelevant Process?

Comparing Idaho Charter Schools with Their Home Districts

Tiny Gains Trigger Large PR Effort by National Teacher Certifiers - Robert Holland

Value Added Assessment Becoming Popular - Washington Post Company

MSD:  Bloated costs and poor performance - John T. Wenders

Private Schools Half as Expensive as Public Schools:  Cost-Effective Way to Ease Enrollment Growth - Vicky E.J. Murray, Ph.D.

Study: Tuition Tax Credits could Save Utah $1.3 Billion - Deseret Morning News

No Super-funding for Charter Schools - Gale Pooley

Arnold Drops a Nuke on Teacher Unions - Lance T. Izumi

America's Leaning Tower of PISA - Vicki Murray, Ph.D.

Enough Already with Kid Gloves - John T. Wenders

Commentary: Free to Choose Wall Street Journal - Milton Friedman

Ethnomathematics - John T. Wenders

ICE-PAC

P.O Box 933

Boise, ID 83701