Kevin’s blog

Another round of school elections is less than two weeks. If you’re looking to get caught up, here’s a place to start.

The security system — modeled after badges in use in mental health hospitals — allows staffers to send out alerts to colleagues, or call 911.

What does it take to encourage students to attend college — and prepare them for postsecondary education? One ingredient, says Boise superintendent Don Coberly, is a patient commitment to a process.

The North Star Charter School says it has secured $133,000 to stay afloat, the Idaho Statesman reports. The school also wants the Meridian School Board to sign off on a loan restructuring plan.

It’s graduation season across the state. And at Idaho Education News, we’re looking for a few good story ideas.

Where does Raul Labrador — Idaho’s 1st District congressman and possible gubernatorial candidate — stand on the Common Core controversy? Idaho Education News asked. A week ago.

Custodians in the cash-strapped Nampa School District can show up at a Saturday job fair to apply for work. Meanwhile, the district is leaning against outsourcing nutritionists’ jobs.

Despite a continued controversy over the value of the state’s scenic lakeside sites, 95 percent of summer cabin owners have applied to keep their leases.

Steve Smylie, a teacher and former state representative, says he’s been approached about making another run for state schools superintendent in 2014. But the Boise Republican says he’s leaning against it for now.

Teachers, at the K-12 and college level, accounted for 7 percent of the state’s out-migration from 2008 to 2011, according to a recent Boise State Public Radio report. But the numbers do not necessarily signal an exodus.