October 17, 2024
For Immediate Release
Boise, ID — The Idaho Freedom Foundation (IFF) has announced the restoration of the Center for American Education (CAE). To this end, IFF has hired Sam Lair as CAE’s new director. IFF President Ron Nate made the following comment:
We are proud to bring aboard Sam Lair as our new Director for the CAE. He will bring the education policy experience needed to make Idaho the best state for schooling, freedom of education, and parental rights in curricula. We are excited to see what Sam has in store to help accomplish these goals.
Lair holds a B.A. in Political Science and is currently a Ph.D candidate in Politics at Hillsdale College. He has previously works as a Research Associate with the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, and as a grassroots organizer for the Nevada Republican Party. In response, Lair had this to say about directing IFF’s flagship organization in education:
It is my sincere honor to join IFF as the new Director of the Center for American Education. Under my leadership, the CAE will dedicate itself to reforming Idaho’s education system into an institution befitting a free people, premised upon the principles of educational freedom and preserving traditional Western values. I am blessed to be a part of an organization that shares this vision and I am eager to contribute in making Idaho a bastion of liberty.
To learn more about the Center for American Education, visit https://idahofreedom.org/cae/
