Idaho

News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in Idaho
Education An Idaho School Reopens. Are Its Precautions the 'New Normal'?
A private pre-K-12 school in Idaho welcomes students back after its coronavirus shutdown, but with shortened days, a closed cafeteria, no bus service, and other signs that things aren't back to normal.
Evie Blad, May 4, 2020
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Equity & Diversity This State Just Became the First to Restrict Transgender Student Athletes' Participation
Idaho became the first state in the country to prohibit transgender girls from participating in girls' school sports after Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, signed the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act" into law Tuesday.
Evie Blad, April 1, 2020
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Student Well-Being Pushback Over SEL Bubbles Up in Idaho
When Idaho education leaders pitched social-emotional learning training for teachers, some state lawmakers compared the plan to dystopian behavior control. Some walked out of the meeting.
Evie Blad, February 25, 2020
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Education There's Pushback to Social-Emotional Learning. Here's What Happened in One State
When Idaho education leaders pitched social-emotional learning training for teachers, some state lawmakers compared the plan to dystopian behavior control. Some walked out of the meeting.
Evie Blad, February 13, 2020
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States From Our Research Center Educational Opportunities and Performance in Idaho
This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
January 21, 2020
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Education Funding Which States Are Poised to Tackle Outdated K-12 Funding Formulas?
Buoyed by budget surpluses and prodded by teacher activism and legal challenges, legislators and governors are gearing up to tackle long-outdated K-12 funding formulas.
Daarel Burnette II, February 12, 2019
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States Educational Opportunities and Performance in Idaho
This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
January 16, 2019
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School Climate & Safety Opinion Children Will Listen: Teachers Must Hold Each Other Accountable
If we want to work towards true inclusivity, we must show that perpetuating oppressive beliefs, intentional or not, has a consequence on something or someone other than those oppressed.
Christina Torres, November 16, 2018
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Education Betsy DeVos OKs ESSA Plans for Idaho, Mississippi, and Rhode Island
Just 13 states have yet to get the federal seal of approval, including some states with big populations, such as California and Florida.
Alyson Klein, March 29, 2018
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Science States Debate Whether Schools Should Teach Climate Change (Video)
Disagreements over how, and whether, to teach climate change are playing out in state legislatures across the nation.
Mike Bock, March 9, 2018
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Assessment Opinion Innovative Assessments: Widening the Horizon
States are developing new forms of assessment, including assessments of learning and assessments for learning.
Contributing Blogger, March 8, 2018
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Science Video Global Warming Debate Heats Up in Science Classrooms, State Legislatures
It’s been a three-year battle in Idaho over whether to approve new science education standards, largely because of disagreements over how to teach the subject of global warming. Some lawmakers argued the proposed science lessons would “spoon feed” students the conclusion that human activity is largely responsible for the increase in Earth’s temperature. They said students should be encouraged to look at the data and come to their own conclusions. But 8th grade science teacher Nathan Dean told Education Week it would be “educational malpractice” to teach global warming without emphasizing the major role humans play. This story aired just days before the Idaho Senate Education Committee voted to approve the new standards, with climate change sections intact. Scott Cook, the director of Academics at the Idaho Department of Education called the vote a "big win for Idaho students, science education and the democratic process." The Senate action takes precedence over the action in the House Education Committee, which voted earlier to delete some of the sections on global warming. At least nine other states have tried to repeal, block or modify state science standards, partly because of the treatment of climate change, according to the National Center for Science Education. Those efforts have largely failed.
March 7, 2018
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Teaching Profession Opinion Finding Common Ground Through Data to Improve Idaho's Teacher Pipeline
A superintendent outlines the importance of various groups coming together to address teacher recruitment and retention challenges in Idaho.
Urban Education Contributor, February 22, 2018
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Teaching Profession Opinion Tackling Teacher Recruitment and Retention Challenges in Idaho
Representatives from school districts, state education agencies, and institutions of higher education in Idaho convene to discuss teacher recruitment and retention.
Urban Education Contributor, February 19, 2018
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