Day: August 12, 2014

Walking and talking with Stan Olson

The retired Boise schools superintendent remains engaged in education, and serious about training.

West Ada gears up for classes with Tech Expo

About 700 educators and guests from 11 school districts attend the annual expo.

Charter commission delays North Star decision

The charter school has asked that oversight of the public school transfer from the West Ada district to the commission. The delay, commissioners said, was to complete administrative tasks on the petition.

Why the lost love over the name SBAC?

The state is changing the name of next year’s standardized test from SBAC to ISAT 2.0. Why? It’s not useful to imply that they are equivalent in an atmosphere in which excessive confusion and misinformation already exists regarding the transition from one exam to another.