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Coeur d’Alene makes all-day kindergarten a priority
In Katie Harris’s kindergarten class at Borah Elementary, kids learn colors, shapes and numbers. They also learn to identify pronouns and sentence structure. The Coeur d’Alene teacher for more than a decade is teaching 5 year olds to read. Borah is one of four elementary schools in the Coeur d’Alene School District that offers full-day…
Couple recognized for going the extra mile
Twin Falls vice principal and his wife started programs to support the district’s homeless population.
Across rural Idaho, four-day weeks become routine
In Idaho’s four-day districts, many parents, students and staff covet the flexibility of free Fridays. This helps explain how the schedule has become engrained in small-town Idaho.
Challis embraces change — but with reservations
Challis High School senior Shayanne Bradshaw has never attended school on Friday. Neither have most of her 372 classmates in the mountainous, rural district in Central Idaho’s Custer County. In 2003-04, district leaders switched from a five-day schedule to a four-day weekly calendar, hoping to cut transportation costs, alleviate the stress of weekday athletic events…
Lawmakers: No Idaho Education Network, Version 2.0
A legislative committee said it wanted no part of a statewide system that “mirrors” the failed statewide school broadband network.
Teachers and students adjust to longer school days
The four-day schedule has transformed how teachers teach, who teaches in rural Idaho — and how students learn.
‘No time to waste:’ Notus runs at a fast pace
The Notus School District is a success story — but, perhaps, a success story that just happens to be unfolding on a four-day campus.
A schedule change saves money. Just not much.
And for some four-day districts, even the modest savings came at an unacceptable cost to employees.
Preston upholds a decision driven by dollars
Five years after adopting a four-day calendar, daunting fiscal realities continue to confront Preston schools.
Four-day school test scores are inconclusive — but troubling
It’s difficult to draw firm conclusions from Idaho’s test results. Sample sizes are small. Long-term trends are elusive.