Day: July 10, 2013
Common Core training ramps up in Boise
The state contracted with Discovery Education to help teachers develop strategies to use Discovery’s educational media and technology in their teaching of Idaho Core Standards.
Public lands committee will meet in August
Will the Idaho Legislature demand the transfer of federal lands — putting 5 percent of the proceeds from lands sales into the public school endowment? A legislative committee will meet Aug. 9 to hold its first meeting on the issue.
Nampa teachers bring retention to forefront
With teacher turnover rates projected at 18 to 20 percent, about 100 Nampa teachers and community members rallied and crammed into Tuesday night’s School Board meeting. Labor negotiations are scheduled to resume next week.
Has Crapo gone soft on Common Core?
Has Idaho’s senior senator changed his views on the controversial academic standards? In April, Crapo deferred to state leaders who support the standards. On Wednesday, Crapo called the Obama administration’s push for Common Core ‘alarming,’ and a possible step to nationalize the school system.
Crapo: An ‘alarming’ shift in Common Core
The Obama administration’s steps to push Common Core standards “are alarming and may present a dangerous path toward a federal takeover of state standards,” Sen. Mike Crapo writes in a guest opinion.