Crapo bill would stop federal education mandates
Crapo is behind a bill that would give states and local school districts the right to tell the federal government to butt out of their education standards business and student…Click to Continue »
View ArticleFormer ed secretary Bennett to Idaho: You're on the right track
William Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education under Ronald Reagan, spent an hour at the Statehouse Wednesday reinforcing Idaho’s school reform trajectory.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWest Ada plans a new school bond — tell me what you think
Shortly after West Ada School District lost its school construction bond last August, I got a call from a clearly distressed reader.Click to Continue »
View ArticleUpdate: State defends broadband usage in schools
Is Idaho’s troubled broadband Internet service for schools losing its luster?Click to Continue »
View ArticleLongtimers lacking on Idaho school boards
Nearly half the school district trustees serving in Idaho have no more than four years' experience on their boards, according to a survey done by the Idaho School Boards Association.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWest Ada students sign up to read 'Indian' book; author coming to Boise
Five months after Sherman Alexie’s book “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” was restored to West Ada School District’s 10th grade supplemental reading list, 29 percent of students…Click...
View ArticleShould we add one more state test to students' workload?
No one can fault State Sen. Jim Patrick, R-Twin Falls, for wanting to make sure Idaho students know more about their country’s government before graduating from high school.Click to Continue »
View ArticleIdaho industry association backs property tax plan for schools
House Majority Leader Mike Moyle’s proposal to divert a portion of property tax from cities, counties and other taxing district to school districts for school construction has a powerful ally:Click to...
View ArticleOpposition growing to property tax sharing bill
A plan that surfaced two weeks ago to force cities, counties and other taxing districts to share their property tax revenue with Idaho schools is getting pushback.Click to Continue »
View ArticleWest Ada superintendent recognized for innovation
Linda Clark, West Ada School District superintendent, was recognized Tuesday as one of 15 education “Leaders to Learn From” in 2015 by Education Week, a national publication on education.Click to...
View ArticlePassing West Ada's bond won't end overcrowded schools
If voters approve West Ada School District’s $96 million bond for three new schools and expansion of another to ease overcrowding, there will still be schools in the district that…Click to Continue »
View ArticleWest Ada could bump up elementary school construction to ease overcrowding
Crowded schools are pressuring West Ada School District to move up the opening date of a planned elementary school south of Interstate 84 by one year.Click to Continue »
View ArticleYbarra: Drop statewide instructional management system
State Schools Superintendent Sherri Ybarra has no use for the statewide instructional management system that was sharply criticized Monday in a report by the states Office of Performance...
View ArticleRenaissance High students headed to national academic decathlon finals
Students are raising funds to pay for the trip.Click to Continue »
View ArticleTaft Elementary principal knew only one goal: student success
Susan Williamson, the principal at William Howard Taft Elementary School in Boise for more than 15 years, was nicknamed the "red-haired tornado."Click to Continue »
View ArticleBoise developer sees worth in CWI land purchase
Furor over assessment and appraisal is overblown, developer says.Click to Continue »
View ArticleMeridian Chamber backs incumbents, former trustee in West Ada schools trustee...
Election is set for May 19…Click to Continue »
View ArticleWest Ada trustees need time to become a team, new board member says
An extended contract for the superintendent is akin to tenure, says Julie Madsen.Click to Continue »
View ArticleDo school districts need testing directors? Bill Roberts’ In the...
West Ada’s board dropped its testing director. Boise schools did the same thing eight years ago…Click to Continue »
View ArticleNNU engineering program earns accreditation
Five-year-old program may increase to 200 students…Click to Continue »
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