Gov. Butch Otter

Breaking down Idaho’s ‘teacher-friendly’ rankings

What is Wallethub.com — and what does the site have to say about teaching and education in Idaho?

Campaign roundup: Oct. 1, 2014

The GOP launches ads on Gov. Butch Otter’s behalf, and Libertarian candidate John Bujak is sanctioned.

Idaho’s $1 billion school levy bill

Since 2007 — and during Gov. Butch Otter’s tenure — Idaho schools have backfilled budgets with more than $1 billion in supplemental property tax levies.

Otter: Focus on K-12 ‘results,’ not money

Otter’s Democratic challenger, A.J. Balukoff, has called the state’s low per-pupil spending “downright shameful.”

Governor’s race: Two divergent views on education

Is Idaho on “a journey to education excellence?” Or is its K-12 funding commitment “downright shameful?”

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.

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.

A closer look at the State Board picks

Documents released to Idaho Education News by Gov. Butch Otter’s office shed some light on some — but not all — of the applicants for two State Board of Education vacancies. Some applications have already been destroyed, an Otter aide said Tuesday.