Day: December 22, 2012

Stay focused with a logical timeline for action

The elections are over and we need to move forward. We need our leaders to sharpen the focus and stabilize our system so students can achieve at high levels.

With change comes opportunity

The Idaho School Boards Association (ISBA) staff and board members will introduce ourselves to new legislative members and re-establish relationships with new leadership and chairs.

Ed leaders meet, agree to find solutions

The most influential leaders in Idaho education assembled in November to build relationships and find solutions for immediate and long-term issues facing the future of K-12 education in Idaho. The ideas generated by this group were given to Gov. Butch Otter and offered to legislative leaders. The members of the group agree to request a…

Garden Valley becomes a high-tech high school

Students in Garden Valley drive their own education. They can decide what classes to take and when and how to take them. The master schedule in Garden Valley is unconventional. It’s not based on what staff can teach, but instead based on what the kids need or desire. “It’s our responsibility to find ways to…

Trustee Horman earns education post

Wendy Horman is a wife, mother of five and a decade-long school board member. She has added legislator to her resume and now House Education Committee member, which will require a bigger commitment to public service. Horman is willing to devote her time to education and politics — time that could be spent with her large…

Khan Academy pilot project coming to Idaho

Idaho could revolutionize how students learn math if a pilot project involving the world’s leader in free, online learning is a success. The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation will provide funding to cultivate usage of Khan Academy in schools and classrooms across the state. “What a typical math classroom looks like has not changed for…