Kevin’s blog
Statehouse preview: Two meetings to watch
It’s the legislative off-season, but meetings next week could have a bearing on school broadband and school funding.
Video: ‘Making the Grade,’ 10.7.15
This week’s topics: Idaho’s shrinking school broadband bill, the Legislature’s tax “working group,” and more.
Analysis: A closer look at the Common Core lawsuit
The lawsuit challenging the Idaho Core Standards — and Common Core testing — resembles cases filed in two other states.
Idaho shut out in ‘blue ribbon’ schools competition
The U.S. Department of Education honored 335 schools in 45 states — either for high performance or for closing achievement gaps.
Costs increase on West Ada elementary school project
The Hillsdale Elementary School project could include an adjacent public library and YMCA campus.
Dump the bond issue supermajority? Idahoans divided on the idea
Forty-four percent of respondents say school bond issues should be settled by a simple majority vote, according to a survey released Monday by Idaho Politics Weekly.
Video: Making the Grade, 9.23.15
This week’s topics: Jeb Bush’s connections with the Idaho mastery movement, labor negotiations in Nampa — and more.
Nampa reaches tentative labor agreement
Idaho’s third-largest district is walking away from the state’s new teacher career ladder plan — for this year.
Stars and barred: Trustees ban confederate flag
A COSSA Academy student will not be allowed to display the confederate flag on his car. School officials call it a gang symbol.
Ybarra gets a schooling in grammar
A writer with a Spokane, Wash., alternative weekly edits the state superintendent’s recent guest opinion.