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#PublicEducation in red-state #Idaho:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/us/idaho-education-republican-rift.html

From Julie Yamamoto, retired teacher and former Republican rep from Idaho, defeated by a more conservative Republican:

“We’ve experienced this huge shift, from believing that the #PublicSchools were a bastion of our democratic republic…to believing we shouldn’t give them any money at all. And it’s happened so quickly."

#Academia #AcademicMastodon #Education #MAGA #Republicans #USPol #USPolitics

In Deep-Red Idaho, a Republican Rift Over Schools and ‘Parental Choice’

Does “choice” in Idaho mean vouchers for private-school tuition or publicly funded remote learning that has brought AP classes and advanced math to the state’s rural reaches?

The New York Times
Mar 17 at 5:36pmWeb