Education News

Community centers to open in N. Idaho, Spokane

SCOTT MABEN — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

SPOKANE, Wash. A new community center is always a hit. Spokane and Coeur d'Alene are about to score a grand slam. Three nonprofit organizations with deep local roots are finishing three landmark developments that combine fitness, recreation, educa

CWI students won't have to pay more next year

staff, Statesman — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

College of Western Idaho trustees said it was not an appropriate time to raise tuition, so it will stay at $119 per credit hour and $1,428 per semester for 12 to 18 credits. Copyright © 2009 The Idaho Statesman

Idaho budgeters to decide on payroll cuts

Kathleen Kreller — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

At an informal Thursday afternoon gathering with potato chips and apple juice, members of Idaho's Joint-Finance Appropriations Committee admitted they'll have to cut 5 percent from state agencies' payroll costs. Sen. Dean Cameron and Rep. Maxine Bell

Nampa school overcomes challenges with teamwork

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

Nampa School District's oldest school sits in a poor, shifting neighborhood near downtown. About 85 percent of the students come from families poor enough to qualify for free or reduced-cost lunch. About 46 percent are minority, and 20 percent spe

Roy Lacey Sponsoring a Valley child will provide weekend meals

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

- Print Supplements - A working single mother tells us: 'I don't know what I'd do without this program. Money is tight, and I work weekends. The weekend Backpack Program means there is healthy food my children can fix and eat when I can't be there t

Marilyn Howard Legislature should cut the strings attached to funding

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

- Print Supplements - Since I left office more than two years ago I've pretty much kept my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open. I had my turn eight times over to argue for a public school budget so it's no wonder that I felt some empathy for my suc

Sponsoring a Valley childwill provide weekend meals

Lacey, Roy — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

A working single mother tells us: "I don't know what I'd do without this program. Money is tight, and I work weekends. The weekend Backpack Program means there is healthy food my children can fix and eat when I can't be there to get meals for them."

Legislature should cut the strings attached to funding

Howard, Marilyn — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

Since I left office more than two years ago I've pretty much kept my mouth shut and my eyes and ears open. I had my turn eight times over to argue for a public school budget so it's no wonder that I felt some empathy for my successor as he faced legi

Our View Energy savings benefit kids, education

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

- Print Supplements - While 2009 could be a historically bad session for Idaho schools, there is one glimmer of good news. The state Senate has endorsed a bipartisan and inventive bill that would give school districts financial incentive for usin

Commentary Landmark laws helped create today's Idaho

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Business Review

The growth began in the early 1970s, many thousands of people from all over the nation have moved to the Gem State. Such newly minted Idahoans, of course, encounter life in their new locale as it is when they arrive, and may not be aware how recen

Commentary Landmark laws helped create today's Idaho.

Ahrens, Steve — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Community College launches presidential search

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Associated Press (AP) - Boise Bureau

NAMPA, Idaho_Idaho's newest community college is looking for a permanent president. The College of Western Idaho Board of Trustees has appointed a search committee to begin the search for a new campus leader. Dennis Griffith, who has served as

Letters to the Editor Charter schools

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

Competition helps raise education standards Response to the Reader's View by Sheri Thomas, 'Charter schools hurt public education' (Feb. 15): While some suggest we ban publicly funded charter schools because it hurts public schooling, the flip si

Are Otter, lawmakers heading for a pileup?

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

Bids for four Idaho highway projects funded by federal stimulus money were scheduled to be advertised next Tuesday. But those projects are now on hold, caught in the tug-of-war between Gov. Butch Otter and the Legislature. The projects would widen

Gov. Butch Otter Separating fact from fiction on federal stimulus money

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

- Print Supplements - It's time to separate fact from fiction and clear up some misconceptions about my plan for using the federal stimulus money. Fiction: 'Otter wants to preside over a dismantling of Idaho public schools' by callously choosing roa

Eagle High School teacher honored Thursday for her passion in humanities

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

Eagle High School history teacher Gail Chumbley, of Eagle, was honored for 'Outstanding Teaching of the Humanities' by the Idaho Humanities Council at her school Thursday. Chumbley has the ability to inspire students through her love of history, h

Idaho House votes for bill aimed at charter notice

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

BOISE, Idaho The Idaho House voted 59-3 for a bill to give regular schools written notice on public hearings for proposed new charter schools. The measure would also require written notice to traditional districts when operating charter schools wa

Our View In a crisis, Otter's lack of vision is alarming

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

- Print Supplements - Gov. Butch Otter wants to preside over a dismantling of Idaho public schools. There is no subtle way to say it. And there is no way Idahoans should accept it. Otter's K-12 plan - using the word loosely - calls for cutting

Bill aims to ease charter, regular school tensions

JESSIE L. BONNER — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

BOISE, Idaho An Idaho lawmaker wants to require more communication between new charter schools and existing regular schools as a way to prevent the two types of public educational systems from brawling over students. Rep. Wendy Jaquet, D-Ketchum,

Otter slices $1.2 billion stimulus pie

Roberts, Bill — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

How we got here Gov. Butch Otter appointed an advisory committee to review proposals for how to use the $1.2 billion the state will get as part of the federal stimulus to jump start the economy. The committee - made up of three former governors

Put some money into Taft Elementary

Blatter, Patricia — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

Gov. Butch Otter and his people have a huge task before them in deciding the best way to spend a limited amount of stimulus money. They have to consider proposals for many worthy projects, as well as restraints imposed by the federal government. A

Briana LeClaire Charter schools do a better job at less cost to taxpayers

BY BRIANA LECLAIRE — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman - Online

Ten years ago, the Idaho Legislature saw the wisdom in allowing the creation of public charter schools in our state. Parents were crying out for alternatives to the traditional public school system, and were searching for models to suit their childre

BSU plans to trim student fee increase proposal

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Associated Press (AP) - Boise Bureau

BOISE, Idaho_Boise State University plans to scale back on a proposal to increase student fees by nearly 8 percent during the next school year, in part, because construction costs have gone down. Boise State University President Bob Kustra says th

BSU will seek a 5% tuition hike

Roberts, Bill — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

The university will propose the increase Tuesday to the State Board of Education. Boise State initially was considering a fee increase of 7.9 percent. The proposed increase means full-time undergraduate students who are residents of Idaho would pa

Idaho budget comm. leaders a contrast in styles

KRELLER, KATHLEEN — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Associated Press (AP)

BOISE, Idaho_Sen. Dean Cameron and Rep. Maxine Bell oversee the 20-member committee that budgets and allocates money to Idaho's agencies and institutions and affects the daily lives of everyone from generals and schoolteachers to those who receive go

Meet the state's budget cops

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

kkreller@ idahostatesman.com Sen. Dean Cameron and Rep. Maxine Bell oversee the 20-member committee that budgets and allocates money to Idaho's agencies and institutions and affects the daily lives of everyone from generals and schoolteachers to t

Notable neighbors

eddy, stephanie — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

A team of students from Idaho Distance Education Academy's Future City team recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to compete in the National Future City Finals and won a special Future City award for Best Indoor Environment, according to Linda Sterk

Quilt project illustrates lives affected by sexual assault

Moeller, Katy — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

The hands are of all sizes. Some are small and dainty, others wide and thick. The prints are black or white. Many are feminine, some are masculine. One appears arthritic. The handprints come from people who have at least one thing in common: sexua

Stimulus recommendations could come Friday

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

Gov. Butch Otter and three former Idaho governors met briefly Monday morning before the first meeting of an advisory committee that will recommend how Otter should spend portions of the $1 billion Idaho is estimated to receive from the new federal ec

Your business community

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Outlet: Idaho Statesman

Business consulting firm Price Associates has announced that Dan Long, a local business entrepreneur and coach, has joined the team to focus on business development. As part of the Price Associates team, Long will help lead new business developmen