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		<title>Idaho House approves bill on early college graduation</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/09/idaho-house-approves-bill-on-early-college-graduation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho House voted 58-12 on Thursday to approve a program aimed at helping students complete one or two years of college by the time they graduate high school. Republican Rep. Steve Thayn says students in his &#8220;8 in 6 Program&#8221; would take summer courses &#8211; with the state picking up a large portion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho bill would lift cap on charter school growth</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/06/idaho-bill-would-lift-cap-on-charter-school-growth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho lawmakers are again taking up legislation to lift the state’s cap on the number of new charter schools allowed each year. The House Education Committee voted Monday to introduce a bill that would eliminate a provision in state law that limits the number of new charter schools to six per year. The state law [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington Legislature debates teacher evaluation</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/06/washington-legislature-debates-teacher-evaluation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:38:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago, a plan to change the way teachers are evaluated in Washington state became law. Now, lawmakers are debating several possible course changes for Washington&#8217;s teacher evaluation system. The Seattle Times reports there are a number of competing proposals. One is backed by the governor, one comes from the superintendent of public instruction, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho bill aimed at early college graduation</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/06/idaho-bill-aimed-at-early-college-graduation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Idaho lawmaker who spearheaded a program to reward kids who graduate from high school early now wants to shorten the amount of time it takes for students to finish college. Republican Rep. Steve Thayn has proposed the &#8220;8 in 6 Program,&#8221; which relies on summer courses to help students complete two years of college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police investigate shot fired into UI residence hall</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/06/police-investigate-shot-fired-into-ui-residence-hall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:34:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authorities are investigating a shot being fired into a residence hall on the University of Idaho campus Sunday night. No injuries were reported. According to the Moscow Police Department, a single shot was fired at approximately 11:30 PM night into the Targhee Fine Arts residence hall, which sits on the edge of the Moscow campus. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho state lawmaker to apply for NIC presidency</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/02/idaho-state-lawmaker-to-apply-for-nic-presidency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:09:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state lawmaker hopes to succeed North Idaho College President Priscilla Bell when she retires later this year. Republican Sen. Jim Hammond, of Coeur d&#8217;Alene, also announced Thursday that he will not seek a fourth term. But Hammond says his decision to leave the Idaho Legislature is not directly related to his higher education aspirations. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UI spring enrollment holds steady</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/ui-spring-enrollment-holds-steady/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/ui-spring-enrollment-holds-steady/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:24:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The University of Idaho spring semester enrollment is nearly identical to spring 2011. The numbers, reported on the 10th day of the semester, shows 11,707 students statewide, including full-time and part-time students at the university. Enrollment on the Moscow campus is 10,474 for this spring.]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho reviews comments on alternative to No Child Left Behind</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/idaho-reviews-comments-on-alternative-to-no-child-left-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/idaho-reviews-comments-on-alternative-to-no-child-left-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:54:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho education officials received more than 50 public comments on their plan to adopt a new five-star rating system for Idaho schools while rejecting benchmarks under the federal No Child Left Behind law. As of Friday, about half of the comments were supportive of the state seeking a federal waiver to get around No Child [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WSU reports record spring semester enrollment</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/wsu-reports-record-spring-semester-enrollment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/02/01/wsu-reports-record-spring-semester-enrollment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:50:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington State University reports a record spring semester enrollment of 25,360 students at its four state campuses. Official figures, based on enrollment on the 10th day of the semester, showed a headcount increase of 2.9 percent from spring 2011. The largest growth in spring semester enrollments occurred among WSU’s freshman class in Pullman, which increased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lewis-Clark State College sets another spring enrollment record</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/31/lewis-clark-state-college-sets-another-spring-enrollment-record/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/31/lewis-clark-state-college-sets-another-spring-enrollment-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:05:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lewis-Clark State College has set a 10th consecutive enrollment record. According to the college&#8217;s 10th day report, spring enrollment increased by 1.3 percent from last spring with 4,269 students attending classes. The spring enrollment number stands as the college&#8217;s third highest total for any semester to date – trailing only the fall enrollment of 2010 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho bill supports repeal of No Child Left Behind</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/31/idaho-bill-supports-repeal-of-no-child-left-behind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/31/idaho-bill-supports-repeal-of-no-child-left-behind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho state lawmakers have introduced a measure urging Congress to repeal the nation&#8217;s governing education law. Republican Rep. Linden Bateman of Idaho Falls offered a list of complaints Tuesday targeted at No Child Left Behind, which is known primarily for its emphasis on standardized testing and the labeling of thousands of schools as &#8220;failures.&#8221; Bateman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho Senate passes bill to revise online ed law</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/idaho-senate-passes-bill-to-revise-online-ed-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/idaho-senate-passes-bill-to-revise-online-ed-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho senators have voted in favor of deleting a portion of the state&#8217;s new education laws that defines an online course and says the instructor cannot be physically located in the same school in which the student is receiving the virtual instruction. The Idaho Senate voted unanimously Monday to remove the provision that says teachers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho House passes bill to clarify parental teacher evaluations</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/30/idaho-house-passes-bill-to-clarify-parental-teacher-evaluations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A measure clarifying when parents will start to play a role in the evaluation of their child&#8217;s teacher has cleared the Idaho Legislature.  The Idaho House voted unanimously for the bill Monday. The legislation cleared the Senate last week as state lawmakers work to refine a sweeping education overhaul that was introduced last year by public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ed board: Idaho&#8217;s universities, colleges shed 70+ programs amid economic downturn</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/27/ed-board-idahos-universities-colleges-shed-70-programs-amid-economic-downturn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:46:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Board of Education says the state’s universities and colleges have shed more than 70 degree programs since the economic downturn began. The Spokesman-Review reports board president Richard Westerberg told legislative budget writers on Friday the schools have also eliminated a dozen minors and certificates, along with 28 professional-technical education programs. Westerberg says requests [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho schools vie to receive laptops first in 2013</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/26/idaho-schools-vie-to-receive-laptops-first-in-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Department of Education says most schools districts want to be first in line when the state starts phasing in laptops for students in 9th through 12th grades. On Thursday, the agency reported 73 districts and charter schools have said they want to be included in the first group to receive the devices next [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Luna: Reserve funds should go toward Idaho teacher salaries</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/26/luna-reserve-funds-should-go-toward-idaho-teacher-salaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho public schools chief Tom Luna says money the governor hoped to funnel toward an education reserve fund should instead be used to offset a $19 million reduction in salaries in 2013. The state is moving the money from salaries to help pay for classroom technology and teacher pay-for-performance as part of Luna&#8217;s &#8220;Students Come [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ID Senate tackles bills on teacher evaluations, online courses</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/26/id-senate-tackles-bills-on-teacher-evaluations-online-courses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:13:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Senate has passed legislation to clarify when parents can start weighing in on teaching evaluations. The bill, which cleared the chamber Wednedsay on a unanimous vote, is among a series of tweaks being considered by lawmakers working to refine the education overhaul that was signed into law last year. The plan says at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UI president Nellis calls faculty pay top priority</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/26/ui-president-nellis-calls-faculty-pay-top-priority/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[University of Idaho President Duane Nellis bemoaned the loss of key faculty members due to the budget crunch Wednesday, saying most employees on the Moscow campus have not had a salary increase in four years and boosting compensation is his highest priority. Nellis told the Legislature&#8217;s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee that he was encouraged by Governor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho teacher union memberships down</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/23/idaho-teacher-union-memberships-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho&#8217;s new school reform laws have hampered the collective bargaining powers of teachers&#8217; unions, and membership in some of the organizations is waning. That&#8217;s leaving some of the union locals without the simple-majority status that they must prove in order to negotiate with the district. The Students Come First laws approved by the 2011 Legislature [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho budget writers question whether colleges still seek tuition hikes</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/23/idaho-budget-writers-question-whether-colleges-still-seek-tuition-hikes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With more money for higher education included in the governor&#8217;s budget recommendation, lawmakers are wondering if Idaho&#8217;s public universities will continue to seek tuition increases, as they have in the past several years to help balance their budgets. The state&#8217;s full-time undergraduate students are paying 5 percent to 8.4 percent more in tuition and fees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With stipulation, Idaho lawmakers approve online credits rule</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/18/with-stipulation-idaho-lawmakers-approve-online-credits-rule/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/18/with-stipulation-idaho-lawmakers-approve-online-credits-rule/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho state lawmakers advanced a rule requiring high school students to take at least two credits online to graduate, but with the understanding that education officials will remove a stipulation on how the courses are delivered. The Senate Education Committee voted Wednesday to approve the rule, which as written, requires one of the two online [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Idaho lacking when it comes to financial aid for college students</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/17/report-idaho-lacking-when-it-comes-to-financial-aid-for-college-students/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new state report shows that Idaho ranks last among its neighbors for providing state and local financial aid to college students. But research also shows that Idaho college students are not taking full advantage of scholarship money Idaho makes available each year. Researchers found that about $1.3 million was left untouched from a state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parental input to be included in Idaho teacher evaluations</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/11/parental-input-to-be-included-in-idaho-teacher-evaluations/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/11/parental-input-to-be-included-in-idaho-teacher-evaluations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 01:14:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Danner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At least half of an Idaho teacher&#8217;s job evaluation will be based on student achievement starting July 1, and what parents think will count too. The state Department of Education plans to ask lawmakers this week to clarify when parental involvement will factor into the evaluations of educators and school administrators. The change was part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Washington lawmakers to propose charter schools bill</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/10/washington-lawmakers-to-propose-charter-schools-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/10/washington-lawmakers-to-propose-charter-schools-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:07:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several Washington lawmakers plan to introduce a bill later this week that would allow for public charter schools in the state. Democratic Senator Rodney Tom, of Medina, says charter schools have proven to be effective in nearly every other state. Washington voters have twice rejected the idea of charter schools.  64 percent of state voters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Idaho to adopt new grading system for public schools</title>
		<link>http://www.koze950.com/2012/01/10/idaho-to-adopt-new-grading-system-for-public-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Ford</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Idaho education officials plan to adopt their own grading system for public schools while seeking a waiver to get around provisions of the Bush-era No Child Left Behind education law. Under a new accountability system developed by the state Department of Education, Idaho schools would use a new five-star scale to evaluate and recognize schools. [...]]]></description>
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