IDAHO
Committee discusses teacher licenses, pay
Members used their first meeting to review Task Force recommendations and begin studying licensure systems put in place in other states. They meet again Nov. 25 at the Statehouse.
New website offers news about new standards
Idahoans for Excellence in Education launched a website devoted to offering resources and information that supports the implementation of Idaho Core Standards.
Tis the season to be creative
Enter this year’s holiday card contest for a chance to display your artwork on the state’s greeting card.
In eastern Idaho, a collaborative iPad rollout
Teachers and students coach each other at Dayton’s Beutler Middle School.
Monday morning news roundup
First Idaho Ready and Literacy Summit planed; Idaho Falls prepares for opening of new elementary; committees with education ties set for Monday meetings at the Statehouse.
New licensure panel set to meet Monday
A new committee charged with implementing a teacher licensure system comes together and is expected to begin work quickly.
Fulcher, Otter: Mirror images on K-12?
If state Sen. Russell Fulcher takes on incumbent Gov. Butch Otter, a state-run health exchange could be the challenger’s centerpiece issue. On education, there is little separating the two Republicans.
Idaho absent from dangerous schools list
Although no Idaho schools appears on the list of persistently dangerous schools, that does not mean Idaho schools are free of violence or danger.
Idaho selected for teacher prep pilot
Idaho’s participation in the Network for Transforming Educator Preparation falls in line with one of the recommendations from the education task force.
Taking a page from Proposition 3
Sugar Salem High School’s laptop pilot program has familiar roots.