Day: January 14, 2014
Thayn: Find alternative to SBAC test
The multistate exam is geared to the new Idaho Core Standards. The questions about the exam come as the 2014 Legislature could be poised to take a second look at the standards themselves.
How Idaho’s pre-K bill stacks up
Forty states spend money on pre-K programs. And all 40 spend far more than the $600,000 Idaho would put into a proposed three-year pilot.
Senate committee punts on P.E. rule
The State Department of Education rule, ramping up physical education requirements, is already facing opposition in the House.
Charter commission should stand on its own
After 10 years, it is time to give the state’s Public Charter School Commission its operational freedom so it can get on with its mission of helping provide great choices for Idaho’s students and families.