Idaho shake-up

Idaho's new state schools superintendent has begun her first year in office with a bang.

By her second day on the job, Republican Anne Fox had begun a string of firings that eventually axed six top officials, including the agency's school-finance expert and the directors of science curriculum and special education.

Ms. Fox also announced that she would push to end a state-financed school-reform demonstration project, and to pull the state out of the...