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Times-News: Ybarra Isn’t The Answer

Jana Jones is the only candidate in the race for state Superintendent of Public Instruction capable of adequately advocating for Idaho’s foundering schools. And that’s why we urge voters throughout the state to overcome entrenched party prejudice and do right by Idaho’s students by electing the Democrat. Idaho’s per-capita student spending is the lowest in the United States. Its teachers are some of the lowest paid. Its students are some of the most unprepared for college. And, not surprisingly, its people are some of the nation’s poorest. The schools are getting choked by tight-wad state politics in Boise and, quite frankly, an ill-prepared, less-than-inspiring alternative, such as Republican Sherri Ybarra, would assuredly mean more poverty, more supplemental levies and more failing test scores. Ybarra isn’t the answer come Nov. 4/Twin Falls Times-News Editorial Board. More here.

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D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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