NWPE provides a safe, open forum for a respectful exchange of ideas and opinion regarding education — the arena intended to be the free marketplace of ideas.  All educators are encouraged to engage in the debate over what is best for our students.  

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NWPE Position Statements on Education Issues 

• Idaho High School Redesign Proposal  

• Statement on HB 1068 Eliminating Norm Referenced Tests

• NWPE Endorses Referendum 55 on Charter Schools

• 2004 WASL Report to Senate Education Committee

• 2002-2003 Educational Issues Survey Report 

• 2002 "Bully Bill" Report to Legislature

NWPE Editorials and Press Releases

• St. John Teachers Discard WEA/NEA for Local Only Bargaining Option 

• Teacher First Amendment Rights Obstructed by Union Bill  

• Compulsory Unionism and Worker Freedom  

• Teacher AFL-CIO Alliance Unprofessional  

• Teacher Choice Improves Schools  

• Teacher Union Officials Withhold Information

• Unions Should Ask for Money

• Not that easy to opt of our union politics  

• NEA Pushing Homosexual Agenda

• The Truth About Teacher Union Spending  

• Nonunion Associations Reflect Change for Teachers  

• Defending Idaho Voluntary Contribution Act

• Teachers Discard WEA for Local Only Bargaining Unit

• NWPE Meets with US Dept. of Education Secretary Spellings

• Non-union professional associations reflect teachers' true priorities

• NWPE Contributes to National Focus Panel on Independent Professional Educators Organizations
  NWPE Scholarships & Mini-Grants:  Education Money Spurned by Union

• Alternatives Exist to Idaho Teachers Union

• Romance with WASL ill-fated

• State Officials Multiply Misery Inflicted by WASL

• Fair Representation & Legal Service Desired—Not Mandatory Monopoly Bargaining

• NWPE Responds to Fears over Charter Schools

• Student Safety Top Concern

• Right to Work is Good for Idaho Educators

• Just Whom Would a Teachers' Strike Benefit?