Idaho EdNews Staff
Ybarra names 13 students to her advisory council
Find out who was selected to the Student Advisory Council, which will be meeting on Sept. 20.
Education news from around Idaho
The STEM Action Center joins forces with Amazon Web Services, Boise students celebrate their new diplomas and elementary schools can sign for suicide-prevention resources.
Test results indicate Idaho’s teacher prep programs are not aligned to licensure exams
Nearly half of elementary teacher candidates fail to pass the required Praxis on their first attempt.
Lottery again gives schools record dividend
Idaho schools saw yet another record dividend amount from the Idaho Lottery, with money going to the State Department’s School Building Fund and the Bond Levy Equalization Fund.
Gov. Little promotes Maguire to lead STEM Action Center
Kaitlin Maguire has been serving as the interim executive director for months.
ISBA names new executive director
Misty K. Swanson will replace Karen Echeverria, who has retired.
Superintendent shuffles: Hiring news from Coeur d’Alene to Idaho Falls
Idaho will have 23 new superintendents this fall, most of them started this week. Get the details inside.
Follow our live blog of McGeachin’s task force
We’ll record the meeting’s major talking points — as they happen — and add context and public reaction.
Fire at Boise’s old Valley View Elementary deemed an accident
The building was unoccupied when the fire started, and the Boise Fire Department is on scene. No major injuries have been reported.
McGeachin names indoctrination task force replacement
Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin has chosen Pete Coulson to replace ISBA President-elect Jason Knopp on her task force. Though little information was provided about Coulson, a man by the same name introduced McGeachin as she announced her candidacy for governor.