Day: January 21, 2013
National director shares teacher turnover stats
Michelle Exstrom, education program director with the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, spoke to the Senate Education Committee Monday afternoon after teacher turnover.
Education briefs from around the rotunda
Education committees will hold a joint session to listen to public testimony. Each speaker will have three minutes. The House Ed Committee will consider a bill that protects cursive handwriting. In other news, students enjoyed MLK Day events Monday at the Statehouse.
Kustra: Nothing wrong with increasing tuition
Boise State president Bob Kustra says the price of college is not so high that it turns students away. He also said BSU’s student demographic has changed in the past decade.
Kustra asks lawmakers for equity in funding
Boise State University president Bob Kustra made his budget request to lawmakers on Monday. Idaho State University president Arthur Vailas asked lawmakers to fund five additional Idaho seats at the University of Washington’s medical school. More education budget hearings continue this week.
Introducing: “The EDge”
The EDge is a new feature where Kevin Richert provides the story behind the stories he covers for Idaho Education News.