Day: October 1, 2015
Students participate in walking challenge
Thousands of Idaho students and mayors develop healthy habits in October.
Most districts and charters break Idaho transparency laws
Only 14 of 164 districts and charters are in complete state compliance for posting on their websites expenditures, contracts and strategic plans. At least 18 have posted none of those on their websites.
Otter wants State Board to take ‘more active role’ on K-12
A spokesman for state superintendent Sherri Ybarra downplays the June 30 letter from Gov. Butch Otter to State Board of Education members.
Statehouse preview: Two meetings to watch
It’s the legislative off-season, but meetings next week could have a bearing on school broadband and school funding.
Video: ‘Making the Grade,’ 10.7.15
This week’s topics: Idaho’s shrinking school broadband bill, the Legislature’s tax “working group,” and more.
Education news in brief, week of 10.5.15
Find out which science teachers were named as state finalists for the Presidential Award, and get a rundown of teachers who won classroom grants to help launch innovative ideas and classroom units.