by Bluum Admin | Apr 11, 2016 | School Models
Rep. Horman, District 30, Idaho Falls, is a former president of the Idaho school boards association and author of the Local Innovation School Act that was signed into law on March 31st. What is the Local Innovation School Act? The idea behind the bill is to...
by Bluum Admin | Mar 16, 2016 | Opinion, School Models
By Kelly Trudeau, Administrator, Compass Charter School Compass Public Charter School, located in Meridian, has expanded several times since our inception in 2005. We started as a K-7 school with 270 students and 12 employees. We have grown to a K-12 school of 860...
by Bluum Admin | Feb 24, 2016 | Innovative Ideas
Interview with Matthew Murphy, 9th Grader at Compass Public Charter School, Meridian In conjunction with National School Choice Week we interviewed our student rally speakers about what choice means to them and the effect it has had on their education. What role has...
by Bluum Admin | Feb 17, 2016 | Opinion, School Models
By David Peterson, Superintendent, Nampa School District One size does not fit all. Not clothes, not cars, not diets, not housing and, importantly, not schooling. Traditional, or what I will call “legacy” schools and school districts have focused on standardization,...
by Bluum Admin | Feb 5, 2016 | In The News
From Zero Chance of Passage Blog | By Ember Reichgott Junge For me, there is no greater privilege than to present the origins of chartering and help dispel the myths of chartering to an audience of legislators, including key education committee leaders. That was the...
