The Idaho State Board of Education is approving new educational requirements when it comes to graduating from high school.
- ‘Senior Projects’ will be rebranded as ‘Future Readiness Projects.’
- ‘Digital Literacy’ requirements could look like more education on using AI ethically.
- These changes will need lawmakers’ approval in the upcoming session, to be implemented in the coming years.
- Also approved at Wednesday’s board meeting, Boise State’s request to start construction on the North End Zone Project .
- Learn more about what was discussed and voted on at this month’s meeting .
(The following is a transcription of the full broadcast story.)
While Idaho students head back to class, the state Board of Education approved changes to high school graduation requirements… aiming to better equip students for life in our technology-centered world.
“Our needs are different, and our students are looking for something more, technology plays more of a factor, we see AI factor more into jobs,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction Debbie Critchfield. She tells me these changes reflect current needs or trends in the workforce, and current graduation requirements haven’t changed in over ten years…