Day: August 6, 2013
CBS special features Kuna teacher
“Teach”, a documentary from Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim, will air next month. It follows the experiences of Shelby Harris and her classroom for a year.
Star ratings: Charters show improvement
By many metrics, Idaho charter schools fared well in the latest round of school “star ratings.” But at the low end of the scale, several charter schools continue to struggle.
Idaho charter group names new president
Terry Ryan comes to the Idaho Charter School Network from Ohio, where he worked with a network of 11 charter schools serving about 2,700 students.
WiFi deal: State downplays discrepancy
In initial media reports — and in its own request for bids — state superintendent Tom Luna’s office erroneously said that more than 300 schools could qualify for WiFi hookups. But the department said the error did not affect the overall price of the controversial project.
CDA board approves core curricula
It happened on a narrow, 3-2 vote, but the Coeur d’Alene School Board gave its blessing to curricula tied to the controversial Idaho Core Standards.
Common Core author offers inside look
Ohio State’s Bradford Findell said new standards are designed to test students key understanding of subjects and push them to develop reasoning skills and discuss how they arrived at an answer.