EdNews y el Idaho Statesman revisaron todos los 11 planes de mejora escolar y descubrieron que la mayoría no aborda totalmente un conjunto de estándares federales.
Features
Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.
Latino students underrepresented in advanced courses
They make up 19 percent of elementary school students — but only 6 percent of students enrolled in gifted-and-talented programs.
Plans for boosting Hispanic achievement vary at 11 schools told to improve scores
Five schools didn’t set specific goals for Hispanic student achievement in their federally mandated improvement plans.
Tackling hunger: These students put a food pantry in their school
Gaby Bobadilla and Dayana Medellin didn’t like that some of their peers were going hungry, so they put a food pantry in their high school.
Parental sacrifices set up six sisters to be successful in America
After leaving conflict-ridden Afghanistan, the Sediqis made sure their daughters could be judges, engineers, doctors or pharmacists. “The only way we can repay (our father) is to succeed ourselves.”
Teacher, moonlighting as mayor, sees where education and community intersect
Marc Beitia has a unique view of the needs of his townfolk and their children.
Maps illustrate learning disparities between white and Latino students
Find out what’s happening in your school or district.
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.”
All-day kindergarten takes off in Idaho. Is pre-K next?
Idaho’s literacy program is already reshaping early education — changing the school day for thousands of young children, and offering new options to their parents.