Idaho Education Changes Under Attack

Last week the state of Idaho signed a $180 million contract with Hewlett Packard to provide laptops to all high school students by the fall of 2015. It was an ambitious move. The one thing that makes it problematical is that on November 6, the entire state could repeal the law under which the contract was authorized.

In fact, Idaho voters will decide whether to repeal a whole package of education measures signed by Governor Butch Otter last year. The laptop provision is just one of them. Others restrict collective bargaining for teachers, do away with teacher tenure, tie some teacher pay to student performance, and require online classes.

By Ben Wieder, Staff Writer

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