IPT: Online Requirement Balanced
The State Board of Education on Friday brought Idaho one step closer to joining Alabama, Florida and Michigan in requiring students to take some of their classes online. The approved arrangement was a good reflection of compromise that should serve students well. Schools Superintendent Tom Luna had originally wanted students to take as many as eight online course credits as part of his controversial Students Come First reform plan, but the deal approved by the Ed Board pared that down to two credits/Idaho Press-Tribune Editorial Board. More here. (AP file photo, of Tom Luna)
Other Idaho Opinion:
- Redistricting: System crashed, it's time for Version 2.0/Statesman
- Idaho lawmakers propose grizzly self-defense bill/Kevin Richert, Statesman
- Transparency by deficit panel would build trust/Spokesman-Review
- Just do it again and again and again/Marty Trillhaase, Lewiston Tribune
- That was so much fun, let's do it again for 90 days/Murf Racquet, M-P Daily News
Question: Are you more comfortable with online education requirements now that the Idaho Education Board has pared Superintendent Luna's eight classes down to two?