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Educators, community members and students share their opinions about Idaho education.

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How do you get a kindergartener to like school during a pandemic?

An irregular start to the school year during a global pandemic has made getting our 5-year-old off to school the day’s most challenging task.

Idaho suffers from a significant trust deficit

We have all the tools necessary to forge the very best for our children and grandchildren. We are Idahoans and we can do better.

Back to school has been mostly normal for us. It hasn’t been for others.

In-person learning has made it easier for our three girls, but remote learning is making it tough for families in other parts of the state.

In person or online, teachers are on the side of our students

I believe this crisis presents an opportunity for overdue changes in education, to examine entrenched systems that are ripe for revision.

Administrators need to build in time for teacher collaboration

Let’s face it, if it isn’t on the schedule, it won’t happen, or it may happen inconsistently.

An extraordinarily unproductive session

Now is the time to come together with the goal of protecting our fellow Idahoans from a terrible virus so that we can get our economy back on track, get our kids back at school, and return to doing the things we miss.

Our mostly normal back-to-school day

Our girls returned after a six-month break. It wasn’t as unusual as we anticipated.

Districts would benefit from partnering with virtual charters

Online schools and online curriculum providers have been effective education providers in Idaho for two decades and it only makes sense to partner with them to provide remote lessons to every Idaho student during this crisis.