Day: February 16, 2015
Lawmakers receive stinging report on student data system
After four years and $12 million, Idaho’s new longitudinal data system is beset by problems that were foreshadowed years earlier.
Mastery bill advances to House floor
During the 2016-17 school district, 20 school districts would begin testing a move to mastery-based education.
Crapo, Risch look to restore federal school payments
Schools in Idaho timber country now face about a $7 million drop in federal payments.
Broadband: Lawmakers expect network to go dark
Sen. Dean Cameron, co-chairman of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee, was vague about the plan’s details.
Broadband: Signs of legislative frustration
Lawmakers are growing increasingly frustrated with the Idaho Education Network fiasco. Here’s a weekend roundup.