Day: May 12, 2013
High school seniors earn college degrees
Nine students in Renaissance High School’s senior class are earning their associates degrees this week.
Find your school’s AYP status and star rating
(Updated Aug. 1, 2013) Idaho is at a crossroads for measuring accountability of its schools. The state has moved away from the Adequate Yearly Progress component of No Child Left Behind, which measured performance by the Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), and created a five star system. The new five-star system is based on multiple…
Find your school district’s supplemental levy history
Idaho schools receive the bulk of their annual funding from the state, as outlined each year by the Legislature. Public school funding is the state’s largest annual expense — with $1.308 billion, or 47 percent of the state general fund budget heading to schools for the 2013-2014 school year. But if districts don’t feel that…
Standards can benefit students, teachers
The Idaho Education Association supports the implementation of the Idaho Core Standards (commonly known as Common Core) as long as a proper support system is in place.
Nampa spells out plans for teaching cuts
Looking to cut $2 million from a $5.1 million deficit, the Nampa School District is looking to cut more than 40 teaching positions. The deepest cuts would come in elementary school counseling, music and physical education.