Devin Bodkin
Idaho charter leaders and parents blast federal proposal
Idaho charter school advocates are pushing back. “Mother knows best. Let us choose,” one parent’s sign read.
Idaho charters receive millions in private financing
At least nine of the schools received nearly $81 million in private financing to start up and stabilize their operations over the last seven months.
Despite retirement, Bauscher’s influence in education lives on
Rich Bauscher, who was once the youngest superintendent in Idaho, still refuses to call it quits on the eve of his 70th birthday.
Rigby school shooter still in state custody
The 12-year-old girl who shot and wounded two students and a janitor at Rigby Middle School last year will remain in the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections’ custody until her 19th birthday or until the Custody Review Board deems her rehabilitated.
Weiser adopts four-day school week
The rural district joins dozens of others across the state that have dropped Fridays from their school calendars.
We sent our kids to school today, with trepidation
Our stomachs still turned from Tuesday’s news. Another school shooting. More people dead, mostly young children this time. More families devastated.
West Ada selects new trustee
David Binetti, a management consultant who last year fought to make masks optional in Idaho’s largest school district, will now fill the district’s vacant Zone 4 seat.
Ybarra’s out. Here’s what happens next.
Debbie Critchfield ousted the two-term state superintendent Tuesday. But it doesn’t mean Ybarra’s out just yet — or that Critchfield’s in.
Mountain Home bond issue fails; voters OK various school levies
Tuesday’s historic primary election included some $97 million in school levies and bond issues, most of which was rejected by voters across the state.
Critchfield celebrates victory in the superintendent’s GOP primary
She told EdNews Wednesday morning, “I’m relieved and excited.”