State Superintendent Sherri Ybarra

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: March 11-15

State superintendent Sherri Ybarra will get hearings this week on two of her legislative proposals: a bill to address the state’s rural teacher shortage and a bill to expand Idaho’s mastery education pilot program.

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: March 4-8

A chili reception? Among other items on Ybarra’s schedule is a Monday chili cookoff and legislative open house.

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Feb. 25-March 1

Lawmakers will draft state superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s administrative budget Monday, and get a first look at her teacher pipeline bill Wednesday.

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Feb. 18-22

Heading the schedule: Monday’s legislative budget hearing, as the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee draws up the 2019-20 budget requests for K-12.

Blaine County disputes Ybarra’s mastery ‘waiting list’

Superintendent GwenCarol Holmes is the third administrator to question the list, which state superintendent Sherri Ybarra has touted in her push to expand Idaho’s mastery pilot.

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Feb. 11-15

Here’s the schedule, as released Monday morning.

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Feb. 4-8

Among the items on the schedule: a two-hour meeting to review the draft of the bill to overhaul Idaho’s school funding formula.

How accurate is Ybarra’s mastery ‘waiting list’?

The state superintendent says she has up to 50 districts that want to experiment with mastery-based learning. At least one superintendent and one principal say they never approached the state about the idea.