Month: December 2019
Four education issues to watch during the 2020 legislative session
Here’s a hint: Most have to do with money.
2020 resolution: Let’s talk about what ails the public education system
People need to feel free to openly question whether the government-run education monopoly is the best we can do.
IEA announces abrupt leadership shakeup
Union president Kari Overall has resigned, due to unspecified “personal reasons.” The Idaho Education Association announced the shakeup — and introduced new president Layne McInelly — in a late afternoon news release issued Tuesday, Christmas Eve.
Demographically similar schools: Vallivue stands out
Here were some of the successful strategies they identified.
Episode 191: The Year in Review
In this year’s final episode of the “Extra Credit” podcast, we look back and look ahead.
The fiscal elephant in the room
It may be time to revisit some fiscal policies that haven’t changed in decades. One of those policies is sales tax exemptions, which are rarely reviewed and never sunset.
Idaho receives first-ever federal grant for pre-K
The $3.3 million won’t expand Idaho’s spotty pre-K programs. But it will allow advocates to take stock of what is already available.
Round Two: Nampa will seek supplemental levy in March
This time, Nampa will seek $25.79 million over two years, the Idaho Press reported this week. A two-year, $24.15 million levy narrowly failed in November.
For kids and their parents, the reading journey starts and continues at home
Behind every score on the Idaho Reading Indicator, behind every intervention plan to help an at-risk student, there is a child’s story. And the parents’ story. Stories of struggles, successes and uncertainties.
Little embraces the literacy issue — for the long haul
Gov. Brad Little knows it will take a sustained effort to improve literacy in Idaho. But he says everything else in education will build off of it. “I can’t have them college and career ready if they’re not literate.”