Kevin’s blog
Consolidation proposal divides superintendents
Patrons in the North Gem and Grace school districts will decide on the issue May 19
Video: Making the Grade, 4.22.15
This week’s topics: Teresa Luna, Pete Koehler — and Idaho’s most challenging high schools.
Administration budget slashed — without Otter’s blessing
The 2015 Legislature shifted high school broadband funding — and jurisdiction — to the State Department of Education.
Nine Idaho high schools make Washington Post list
The list focuses on the nation’s most challenging high schools, based on the number of students taking advanced tests.
Teresa Luna remains on Administration payroll
On March 17, Gov. Butch Otter said Luna would step down at the end of the 2015 legislative session.
Hagerman to join list of four-day schools
The Magic Valley school district will switch to a four-day schedule this fall — in hopes of reversing an enrollment decline.
Crapo, Risch support rural schools funding bill
The two-year extension will fund a program worth $7.2 million to Idaho schools in 2013-14.
McCall-Donnelly hires new superintendent
Jim Foudy had been McCall-Donnelly’s interim superintendent since December, when Glen Szymoniak left the district under unexplained circumstances.
Want Otter’s final word on the 2015 session? Wait until Thursday
Education issues may not a talking point — but the fate of a child-support bill will almost certainly be a focal point.
Analysis: Of ISATs, child support and federal dollars
The specter of a federal funding loss was a big factor in the Madison district’s ISAT decision. But not a deciding factor in a surprising vote on a child support enforcement bill.