Jennifer Swindell
Rise and Shine: Wednesday, January 9
This feature is a roundup of links to recent local and national stories and opinion on education policies and practices. Included today is stories on school safety and jobs.
Governor names his task force
Gov. Butch Otter named his Task Force for Improving Education and scheduled its first meeting for Jan. 11 in Boise. The task force includes teachers, superintendents, parents and business leaders. The first meeting will include a welcome from the governor and task force chair Richard Westerberg.
Rise and Shine: Stories from other sources
This feature is a roundup of links to recent local and national stories and opinion on education policies and practices. Included today is Michelle Rhee’s grades for states, including Idaho, and commentary on the education reform dichotomy.
Governor’s excerpts on education
Gov. Butch Otter mentioned education funding, possible reform and successes in universities and colleges during his annual State of the State address Monday afternoon. Check here to read what specifically he said about education.
Ed News hires three veteran journalists
Jennifer Swindell and Kevin Richert, long-time journalists from The Idaho Statesman, and Clark Corbin from the Idaho Falls’ Post Register, will join to produce Idaho’s first website devoted to covering education news only.
National experts to speak in Boise on Tuesday
Paul Hill and Marguerite Rosa, national experts in K-12 education finance, are first featured speakers in ED Sessions 2.0.
Ed leaders meet, agree to find solutions
The most influential leaders in Idaho education assembled in November to build relationships and find solutions for immediate and long-term issues facing the future of K-12 education in Idaho. The ideas generated by this group were given to Gov. Butch Otter and offered to legislative leaders. The members of the group agree to request a…
Garden Valley becomes a high-tech high school
Students in Garden Valley drive their own education. They can decide what classes to take and when and how to take them. The master schedule in Garden Valley is unconventional. It’s not based on what staff can teach, but instead based on what the kids need or desire. “It’s our responsibility to find ways to…
Trustee Horman earns education post
Wendy Horman is a wife, mother of five and a decade-long school board member. She has added legislator to her resume and now House Education Committee member, which will require a bigger commitment to public service. Horman is willing to devote her time to education and politics — time that could be spent with her large…
Khan Academy pilot project coming to Idaho
Idaho could revolutionize how students learn math if a pilot project involving the world’s leader in free, online learning is a success. The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation will provide funding to cultivate usage of Khan Academy in schools and classrooms across the state. “What a typical math classroom looks like has not changed for…