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A graphic approach to grading schools
Remember those X- and Y-axis charts from your math classes? Soon, you might be able to deploy your old-school graphing skills to track Idaho school performance.
Teachers and guns: what the law says
State schools superintendent Tom Luna talked to reporters Thursday about his budget proposal — and whether teachers should carry guns in school. Here’s what he had to say.
Lanza: Task force can’t afford to aim low
The eyes of Idaho are on the governor’s education task force, says group member Mike Lanza. Will the task force go big or play it safe?
Psychiatry in Idaho: the numbers
Psychiatrists are in short supply in Idaho. Here’s one way to look at the numbers.
Linden Bateman’s art of the signature
Let the record be clear: Rep. Linden Bateman is really serious about handwriting. And pretty darned good at the craft, too. On Tuesday morning, the House Education Committee introduced the Idaho Falls Republican’s proposal requiring elementary schools to teach cursive handwriting. Later that afternoon, Bateman stopped by the Statehouse press bullpen for a little impromptu…
Otter: State cannot cover $9 million for ‘equity’
The state does not have the money to erase several years of university funding inequity in one year, a spokesman for Gov. Butch Otter said Monday evening. In his budget presentation Monday, Boise State University President Bob Kustra appealed to the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee to find the “equity” money, intended to cover enrollment increases. The…
National director shares teacher turnover stats
Michelle Exstrom, education program director with the National Conference of State Legislatures in Denver, spoke to the Senate Education Committee Monday afternoon after teacher turnover.
Kustra: Nothing wrong with increasing tuition
Boise State president Bob Kustra says the price of college is not so high that it turns students away. He also said BSU’s student demographic has changed in the past decade.
Introducing: “The EDge”
The EDge is a new feature where Kevin Richert provides the story behind the stories he covers for Idaho Education News.
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