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On The Wednesday, December 19, 2018 Edition Of Idaho Matters

  • Mastery-based education focuses on critical thinking and content intensity.
  • Idaho keeps ahead of the curve in sexual assault evidence processing.
  • Everybody dreams of a white Christmas.

- Mastery-based education encourages students to really think about what they are learning rather than rely on rote memorization. On Wednesday's Idaho Matters, we'll talk with educators about how teaching paradigms are being re-examined.

- Idaho has been aggressive in keeping up with sexual assault evidence testing and storage. Idaho Matters looks at an effort to preserve this evidence in rural communities.

- In 1954, Bing Crosby set expectations for Christmas weather that are becoming difficult to meet 65 years later. We'll talk to a meteorologist about the possibility of a white Christmas and how climate trends are changing our holiday nostalgia.

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