In March 2012 the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Legislative Oversight Committee approved a request from the Senate Education Committee to study a variety of issues affecting teachers employed in Idaho’s K–12 public schools. The study request covered a range of topics from teacher recruitment and retention to new teacher preparation and class size.
The 87-page report, released January 3, 2013, and titled Workforce Issues Affecting Public School Teachers, was prepared and submitted by the Legislature’s Office of Performance Evaluations.
The report’s scope was limited to ten specific areas that legislators had questions about. The stakeholder respondents were limited to school superintendents, principals, and teachers. Thus, its perspective is weighted toward those on the service delivery side of education. (more…)