Idaho EdNews Staff

Idaho Business for Education names journalist and businessman to head its organization.

The latest on bills to tighten the initiative and referendum process, fund charter school buildings, revisit teacher labor laws — and more.

Open contract negotiations, kindergarten visits, funding for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy. And more. Here’s a look at Wednesday’s legislative action on education issues.

The Idaho Leads Project, supported by a grant from the Albertson Foundation, will continue to help strengthen leadership capacity in Idaho’s K-12 schools.

Shauneen Grange was selected to replace Rory Jones on the Boise School Board. She will fulfill his term, which ends in September 2014.

The chairman of the Senate Education Committee pushed a tongue-in-cheek bill Tuesday intending to send a message to the Idaho State Board of Education. Sen. John Goedde’s bill would add Ayn Rand’s book “Atlas Shrugged” to Idaho high school graduation requirements. The bill also would require students to pass a test on the book, meaning…

Idaho Business for Education created the Field Guide to Education. The purpose of this Field Guide is to provide quick and easy access to key data that factually depicts our state’s education situation — and a fundamental call to action. The IBE goal is to allow these facts to spark conversations among education stakeholders, policymakers,…

The J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Foundation will award millions to applicants who can demonstrate their ability to launch an early college high school in collaboration with a higher education institution and an industry partner.

As the Nampa School District wrestles a $4.3 million shortfall, a judge allows administrators to borrow to pay the district’s ongoing bills.