The Gem State's kids are likely to have what too few children across the United States do not - a stable home headed by two parents. The latest Idaho Kids Count survey says 74 percent of Idaho children are reared in two-parent homes, ranking Idaho second only to Utah. Compare that to Washington, where 70 percent live in two-parent homes, or the U.S. average of 65 percent. An Idaho child also has a greater chance of evading desperate poverty. That's defined as blight - neighborhoods with 30 percent poverty or greater. Kids Count reports only 4 percent of Idaho's youth live under those circumstances, the seventh-best score in the U.S. What that means is even the poorest Idaho family is likely to live in a diverse environment where access to schools and services hasn't been choked off. Now for the conundrum/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: How can Idaho be ranked 2nd in terms of stable homes and next to last in terms spending on education?