Day: January 30, 2013
Senate looks at revamping college scholarships
A State Board of Education proposal would remake Idaho’s scholarship system — in hopes of providing larger and more robust aid to eligible students.
IEA rips collective bargaining bills
Lawmakers and education stakeholders are slated to meet today to discuss seven bills modeled after the defeated Proposition 1 collective bargaining law. On Tuesday, the Idaho Education Association criticized both the bills and the process.
Cursive will not fix what ails education
Wayne Hoffman, the executive director of the Freedom Foundation, says that lawmakers should promote school choice and stop the discussion about making cursive, or computers, mandatory. The only thing that should be mandatory is the need for policymakers to rethink how education is delivered.