Day: February 3, 2015

Improve student engagement, improve success

Data expert Brandon Busteed shared Gallup results on student and workforce engagement during an Ed Sessions lunch on Tuesday.

Schools brace for steep cut in timber program money

Congress failed to reauthorize a 2000 law that netted some $7.2 million for schools in Idaho timber country.

Student-designed site tracks lawmakers’ steps

A Meridian Technical Charter High School class project created a website that legislators are using to monitor physical activity.

Ybarra makes pitch for technology funding

The state superintendent says districts should be free to decide how to boost classroom technology.

Legislative roundup: 2.3.15

Filer Republican Clark Kauffman is pushing a bill that could boost emergency levy payments for a handful of school districts.