This article comes from https://www.idahoednews.org/top-news/a-painful-reality-school-closures-follow-shrinking-enrollment-across-the-country/?brid=YWdncwE40l_v_VDBnKWzuqunWOFp BALTIMORE – School districts around the country are facing a painful reality as enrollments decline. For many districts, there are too many schools for the number of kids they’ll serve in a few years, according to Marguerite Roza, director of the Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University. It’s not a matter of if schools will close but when, as lower birth rates have led to smaller incoming kindergarten classes. “We have this misalignment and it’s making it really painful for districts,” Roza … [Read more...]
Education choice receives majority support in BSU Idaho Public Policy Survey
For those of you watching the national movement to school choice (money follows the child so parents have a choice where K-12 education occurs) you may want to review this article from the Mountain States Policy Org. The information is for our next door neighbor...Idaho. A new poll by Boise State University shows public support for increasing education choice options in Idaho. These results are similar to a 2022 poll conducted by MSPC. Here is the question BSU asked: The wording of this question is interesting. The current refundable tax credit proposal under consideration in Idaho does not remove funding from the K-12 budget. Idaho State Representative Wendy … [Read more...]
Beware Silicon Valley’s Gifts to Our Schools
So are the billions of dollars being spent by school districts to put computers in the hands of every child producing results? Is using a computer to test (even in kindergarten) improving learning? Silicon Valley (in its many locations and companies) is hell-bent on moving American education into the 21st century because computers will solve all of our education problems. In the following article from National Review Michelle Malkin shares some thoughts on those efforts. Locally the Evergreen school district is asking for a new tech levy that will generate over $50 million over 6 years. The Vancouver school district is asking for a 55% increase in their tech levy (going from $.20/$1000 to … [Read more...]
Weekend catchup…
Today I bring you a wide range of items. The name of each article tells you what it's about and the link is embedded in the title name so just click it to follow and read: 1) State of Idaho sued over common core 2) A Bureaucrat Testifies to Where Student/Teacher Data is Sent & For What Purpose. Confirmed: It’s Cradle to Grave. 3) New Study: Universal Preschool May Hurt Children, Not Help 4) Weekend News: Tracking the CCSS/CTE/Workforce Aligned Society 5) Are Common Core Standards Actually Data Tags? 6) What one college discovered when it stopped accepting SAT/ACT scores … [Read more...]