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Students and Educators in Idaho Show Us What It’s Like When a State Fails to Fund School Repairs
(www.propublica.org)
Idaho, the northernmost state of deep south
this post was submitted on 15 Dec 2023
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I grew up there. Honestly, you're not wrong. Napoleon Dynamite is honestly only a mild exaggeration.
Aren't the Dakotas further north?
Goes to show how much they value education there.
And just think, rural Oregon aspires to be under Idaho's stewardship.
Lots of rural Washington too
I love Idaho. They've sacrificed themselves to become the perfect response when you've stumbled into a debate with a libertarian.
(My favorite articles about Idaho are the ones where they interview a bunch of Idaho residents who moved there specifically for the lack of development restrictions and are now freaking out that their well is about to run dry or whatever because there were no restrictions in place to prevent overdevelopment and they've just found out there's zero legal recourse available to them and oh yeah that twenty acre property up the hill just sold and is becoming 60 new five-bedroom houses.)
Spending money on kids is SOCIALISM!
-Republicans trying to Save The Children by banning books
Not surprised a state with very red government is shit at providing basic government services. Republicans suck.
Every time I meet an adult who is from Idaho, without fail they've been homeschooled. I may be mixing cause and effect here, but I think people don't want to pay into the public schools because they don't participate in the schools or would rather some religious fundamentalist with no training in education and whose program is held to no particular standard provide education to the children of their state.
There are seperatists and fundamentalists all over that state. No supruse they do not want their kids in government schools.
Maybe some tribal casinos can flip the script and make some 'Indian Schools' that are world class. Or win a free education on the slot machines.
They want to keep em dumb and poor
What the fuck
Things like this are why I turned down a transfer to work in Georgia. I have kids.