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Idaho ‘go-on’ rates: a deeper look
Idaho’s latest college attendance numbers are troubling. Let’s take a closer look at the graduating Class of 2013: some trends, outliers and curiosities.
Lessons from a dive into school data
Idaho Education News’ Kevin Richert spent 3 1/2 days at a seminar on data-driven schools reporting. Here’s his takeaway — aside from a laptop full of Excel spreadsheets.
Video vault: Nampa superintendent
See the KIVI/KNIN segment on our interview with new Nampa schools superintendent David Peterson, and our weekly “Making the Grade” education conversation.
Balukoff: Shredding may have broken law
Destroying 22 State Board of Education applications defies logic, and may also violate state public records law, gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff said Monday.
Valley district shifts to four-day calendar
The south-central Idaho district will make the shift, even after voters approved a supplemental levy in May.
Boise trustee election starts heating up
Travis Jones labels former Rep. Brian Cronin as a candidate “who represents the status quo.” The two will square off in a Sept. 2 election.
Video: Talking State Board appointments
This week’s “Making the Grade” segment is all about the State Board of Education appointments, and the curious State Board of Education paper trail.
Those destroyed State Board applications …
Gov. Butch Otter’s office destroyed at least 15 applications for vacancies on the State Board of Education. Here’s what the state law says, and doesn’t say, on records retention.
One more year: NCLB waiver extended
Idaho’s 2-year-old No Child Left Behind waiver will remain in place through 2014-15. But some changes are afoot — including beefed-up reports on college “go-on” rates.
Could guns-on-campus law expand?
Another round of legislation could even extend to the K-12 system, one college president said last week. But according to one key senator, no changes are in the offing at this point.