Day: January 19, 2015

Broadband mess gets Education Week’s attention

The extended article was posted online Tuesday and will appear in Education Week’s Wednesday print edition.

Ybarra restructures IT department, hires spokesman

Two of the department’s four IT jobs have been eliminated in the staff restructuring.

Committee slimes Boise student’s salamander bill

Eighth-grader Ilah Hickman says she won’t give up her campaign for a state amphibian.

Heritage Charter’s remarkable turnaround

Credit for the charter school’s success goes to Principal Javier Castaneda, who has a “rare” combination of business sense and people skills. He replaced half the staff.

Gallup’s Brandon Busteed opens EdSessions 2015

The host of the event — the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation — is inviting an administrator and a student from every Treasure Valley high school to attend free.