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Watch How This Rude Law Professor "Educates" Students

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:45:19 +0000

If there's one thing you can say about politics, it certainly brings out the best in people.

As you can see in the above video, a political "debate" went awry when a University of Oregon Professor physically pushed two students subsequent to making "racists remarks" towards them

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Twin Falls Police Department Accepting Applicants for Citizens Academy

Brad Weiser — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:18:14 +0000

The Twin Falls Police Department is accepting applications for the Citizens Academy, which will provide citizens with an in-depth and behind the scenes look at what it takes to protect the City of Twin Falls.

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Teachers Will Still Get Merit Pay

Benito Baeza — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:06:41 +0000

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho teachers will still get about $38 million in merit-pay bonuses this year, despite voters' rejection of public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul. The Idaho attorney general says the failure at the polls shouldn't affect the payout

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Gov. Otter Not Discouraged Over Election Results

Benito Baeza — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:59:37 +0000

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says he's not discouraged by Tuesday's defeat of Idaho's education overhaul because it's how the system works. Two-thirds of voters panned Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna's plan to spend $180 million to lease laptops for high school students and create online-class mandates

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Idaho Given Break on No Child Left Behind Law

Benito Baeza — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:29:12 +0000

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Education has finally granted Idaho a waiver from some of the toughest provisions in the federal No Child Left Behind law. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna celebrated the waiver Wednesday, saying it marks a great day for Idaho teachers, students and schools

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Teachers Laptops will be Late

Benito Baeza — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 15:25:30 +0000

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho teachers likely won't have laptops for months. The Spokesman-Review reports the state won't have the computers in instructors' hands on schedule. Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna is already fighting at the ballot box on Nov

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Secretary of State Wants Names of Beneficiaries

Benito Baeza — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:15:27 +0000

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Secretary of State Ben Ysursa says he's likely to demand that a group helping finance the campaign to save Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna's education reforms reveal its contributors

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Law Suit Filed Against Idaho Education Grows

Benito Baeza — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:09:03 +0000

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A lawsuit over Idaho's system of funding public schools is growing, with the former school superintendent who is pressing the case reviving the claims made in another lawsuit that plodded through Idaho's courts for 15 years

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Gov. Otter Adds to Education Campaign

Benito Baeza — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:52:08 +0000

BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A retiring state lawmaker has joined Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter's campaign to retain new education laws that limit collective bargaining while phasing laptops into the classroom and making online learning a requirement. State Rep. Mack Shirley of Rexburg has been named treasurer of the governor's political action committee, YES! For Id

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Idaho College Graduation Increasing

Kelly Klaas — Mon, 14 May 2012 11:41:30 +0000

Idaho ranks near the bottom, among U.S. states, for sending people to college and those students getting their degrees. Experts say that drags down the entire state's economy, but that could be changing. Every seat was filled at Taco Bell Arena on Saturday as Boise State University graduated the highest number of students ever. More than 2,400 degrees were handed out, which is a good sign, according to president of the State Board of Education, Ken Edmunds.

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Education Reform Group Hires Consultant

Kelly Klaas — Thu, 03 May 2012 11:52:37 +0000

(AP) - A group working to overturn Idaho's new education reforms has hired an out-of-state consultant who last November helped repeal a hotly debated Ohio law limiting collective bargaining. David Williams is working on the Idaho campaign aimed at repealing laws that restrict teacher bargaining and require students to take online courses.

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State Seeks More College Grads

Kelly Klaas — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:00:11 +0000

(AP) - The state Board of Education is gathering input from the public on a campaign to double the number of Idaho adults between the ages of 25 and 34 with a college degree or certificate. Trustees are expected to review the Complete College Idaho plan at a June meeting. Board spokeswoman Marilyn Whitney says trustees will first accept public comments through May 15.

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Idaho Begins Bidding Process For Laptops For Teachers/Students

Kelly Klaas — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:20:43 +0000

(AP) Idaho has started accepting bids for a contract to provide every high school student and teacher with a laptop, or similar mobile computer. Suppliers have until May 25 to submit their pitches, according to a request for proposals issued by the state Division of Purchasing.

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U of I, IBOE, Deny Liability In Lawsuit

Kelly Klaas — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 12:53:20 +0000

(AP) The University of Idaho and the state Board of Education are denying allegations made against them in a lawsuit filed by a former student who fell out of a fraternity house window in 2009. Lawyers for the university and state board recently filed responses in the lawsuit brought by Amanda Andaverde of Caldwell and her parents.

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Idaho School Supt. To Testify In D.C. On "No Child Left Behind"

Kelly Klaas — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:43:04 +0000

(AP) - Public schools chief Tom Luna is expected to testify later this week before a U.S. House committee on efforts to overhaul the nation's governing education law. Meanwhile, state lawmakers are urging Congress to repeal No Child Left Behind, which expects every child to be at grade level in math and reading by 2014.

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Idaho Changing System For Evaluating Schools

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:35:26 +0000

(AP) - Idaho plans to adopt a new grading system for public schools while seeking a federal waiver to get around provisions of the No Child Left Behind education law. Under the state Department of Education's new accountability system, Idaho will use a five-star scale to evaluate and recognize schools.

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Task Force Recommends Changes to Tech Education Plan

James Tidmarsh — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:53:35 +0000

A statewide task force has approved more than 50 recommendations on how Idaho should implement education changes that will phase in laptops for every high school teacher and student while making online courses a requirement to graduate. The task force was created in May as part of sweeping new education changes backed by public schools chief Tom Luna. The group is charged with

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Idaho BOE OK's Online Credit Requirements

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:45:37 +0000

(AP) Idaho is set to become first state in the nation to require high school students to take at least two credits online to graduate. The state Board of Education gave the online education requirement final approval Thursday, despite heavy criticism of the plan at public hearings this summer.

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IBOE Considers Online Credit Requirement Thursday

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 11:31:01 +0000

Idaho would become the first state to require students to take at least two credits online under a plan headed to education officials for final approval.

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"Students Come First" Law Goes Before Judge Hansen

News Radio 1310 KLIX — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 11:56:20 +0000

(AP) The debate over the education reform plan for Idaho continues, moving now into the courtroom. A district judge is considering whether one of the "Students Come First" laws might be unconstitutional.

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