Kevin’s blog
Video: Making the Grade, 6.3.15
This week’s topics: Garden Valley’s firearms policy, delayed ISAT results and more.
AP testing skyrockets in Boise
There are several reasons for the spike. For one thing, the state and Boise’s school foundation is helping students cover the cost of the tests.
West Ada trustee’s emails come under scrutiny
Did West Ada trustee Carol Sayles divulge information from an executive session in emails endorsing another trustee’s candidate?
CDA trustees keep ‘Of Mice and Men’
An ad hoc committee had recommended making the 1937 John Steinbeck novella an optional read in ninth-grade English.
Cameron’s appointment — and the political dominoes
Longtime budget committee chairman Dean Cameron is leaving the Legislature — a big shakeup with implications for the education budget process.
Video: Making the Grade, 5.27.15
This week’s topics: Homedale’s transition to a four-day calendar, the discrimination complaint against charter schools — and more.
Caldwell trustee candidate will contest result
Toni Waters lost by four votes in last week’s trustee’s race, but five voters improperly cast ballots.
State slashes data collection requirements
The state is dropping the extensive — and cumbersome — monthly reports into its longitudinal data system.
Complaint alleges discrimination in charter school admissions
The report comes less than a month after the state acknowledged demographic gaps in charter school enrollment.