Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Idaho ed board repeals online class obligation

  November 20, 2012 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – It was Idaho Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna himself who proposed Monday that the state Board of Education repeal the rule requiring that every Idaho student take at …

• Idaho to require two online classes

  November 4, 2011 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – Despite mostly negative public comment, Idaho’s state Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to approve a new rule requiring every Idaho student to take two online classes to …

• Idaho to mandate online classes

  November 3, 2011 in Idaho Despite overwhelmingly negative public comment, Idaho’s State Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to give final approval to a new rule requiring every Idaho student to take two online classes … 8

• Online class costs vary by district

  October 12, 2011 in Idaho on Page A5 BOISE – A quirk of Idaho’s new “Students Come First” school reform law means that online course providers will get far more state money for providing classes to students in … 1

• ‘Gray areas’ cancel trip for Idaho lawmakers

  September 13, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho officials responsible for making sure every high school student gets a state-provided computer have canceled a trip to Microsoft offices in Redmond, Wash., after concerns were raised …

• Online classes shrink to two under Idaho reform plan

  July 12, 2011 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – Idaho’s tech-focused “Students Come First” school reform plan originally envisioned requiring all Idaho students to take eight online classes to graduate from high school, but the state now … 1

• Online classes are becoming ‘the way that education is done’

  March 23, 2011 in City on Page A5 Online classes are nothing new to North Idaho educators at the high school or college levels. North Idaho College has offered online classes since the late 1990s and course offerings …

• Grant allows online academy to remove enrollment cap

  August 11, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 BOISE – One state budget cut has been reversed, and just in time: A grant from the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation will let Idaho high school students take advanced …

• Decomposition best observed in person

  September 3, 2008 in City on Page A11 One of the newest online classes at Washington State University will require some use of good, old-fashioned snail mail. After all, you can’t e-mail a pig.