Unofficial results from the 10-day IEA Board of Directors election are in. Starting on May 6, IEA members cast ballots for 15 candidates running for a variety of statewide and regional seats on IEA’s board of directors. That election ended Monday evening. Each is a three-year term and the current board will consider certification of…
Pro-public education candidates faired relatively well in Tuesday’s primary election, mostly beating back extreme opponents allied with the enemies of public schools. In races for statewide offices, most candidates endorsed by the IEA’s Political Action Committee for Educationwon their race and earned a spot on November’s general election ballot. Here’s a quick rundown of the…
Aspiring educators at the University of Idaho signed IEA’s member roster last week during an on-campus IEA event in Moscow. Caitlin Vasko, a political organizer with the IEA, and Lewiston-area IEA members Emmet Dougherty and Lindsey Smith spoke with education students in their 300-level special education class and university faculty. Students were asked to fill…
Idaho Education Association locals in Grangeville and Lewiston held legislative candidate forums last week in the run up to Tuesday’s primary elections. On Tuesday, May 3, ten IEA members spoke with Sen. Carl Crabtree, R-Grangeville, who is endorsed by IEA’s Political Action Committee for Education for re-election to the Legislature. Crabtree shared that he measures…
Voting in Idaho Education Association’s elections for Board of Directors seats continues through the weekend, closing at the end of the day on Monday, May 16. Held entirely online, this year’s election sees 15 candidates running for a variety of statewide and regional seats on IEA’s board of directors, including National Education Association director. CLICK…
Tuesday’s primary election is all but upon us and the stakes couldn’t be higher for education. To help members make smart votes, IEA’s Political Action Committee for Education spent weeks interviewing more than five dozen candidates for statewide and legislative offices. Their bi-partisan endorsements of pro-education candidates in five statewide races 49 legislative races include…