Global Strategies: By 78% to 18% Idaho Democrats oppose online ...

I am an advocate of more technology in schools and of offering more online education programs in high school. Last year Idaho adopted legislation ?calling for requiring two online course credits for future Idaho high school graduates and providing laptops to students.? Opponents referred it to the people for a November vote as Proposition 3 along with two other controversial educational measures. A ?no? repeals the law.

Polls are out on the measure. From the Idaho Statesman article ?Ed laws face ?stiff uphill battle? in election? by Dan Popkey (here)

Taken together, the pollsters asked if the propositions would improve the quality of education in Idaho?s K-12 public schools.?Forty-four percent said no, 39 percent said yes, and 17 percent said they were not sure.

The statewide poll was conducted Monday through Wednesday with interviews of 625 registered and likely voters. It has a margin for error of plus or minus 4 percentage points. Fifty percent of those polled called themselves Republicans, 28 percent said they were independent or belonged to third parties, and 22 percent identified as Democrats.

While Democrats oppose all three propositions by large margins, Republicans are divided. That?s despite vigorous support from Luna and his fellow Republican Gov. Butch Otter to sustain the laws that were put on the ballot by 74,000 voter signatures.

Among Republicans, Prop 1 (unions) is ahead 46 percent to 36 percent; Prop 2 (bonuses) leads 51-32; and Prop 3 (laptops) leads 48-37. Democrats oppose the measures 56-25, 56-21 and 76-18 percent, respectively. Independents oppose Prop 1 42-35, favor Prop 2 43-39 and oppose Prop 3 44-42.

As a Democrat, I am both surprised and disappointed that by an overwhelming percentage, 78% to 18%, Democrats in Idaho do not want more technology or online courses in schools.

Source: http://daveporter.typepad.com/global_strategies/2012/10/by-78-to-18-idaho-democrats-oppose-online-ed-and-laptops-in-schools.html

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