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Unfamiliar math strategies complicate distance-learning for parents and teachers

Some parents say they’ve struggled to teach their kids math methods they never learned in school.

Schools innovate — or defy health guidelines — with graduation ceremonies

From drive-ins and virtual celebrations to in-person gatherings that defy the governor’s health orders, graduations for the class of 2020 will be “unique and incomparable.”

Map: More Idaho school boards approve reopening plans

Trustees at Caldwell’s Elevate Academy approved a June 1 reopening plan on Monday night.

Parents swear by their schedules, six weeks into distance learning

How do parents stay sane through distance learning? That’s still up in the air, but some say that keeping a schedule helps.

Education news from around Idaho

Presidential Scholar semifinalists announced, an online Pre-K dance class and Idaho schools win money for STEM.

A private school reopens; public schools plan small gatherings to help kids

Public schools face a steeper barrier to opening their doors, especially after the State Board of Education clarified those standards on Monday night.

“A helpless feeling”: Hundreds of children unaccounted for in the switch to distance learning

Some of Idaho’s largest districts told EdNews they haven’t been able to reach up to 5 percent of their students.

Booth Marian Pritchett school plans to establish a charter

Moving forward, the Boise School District and Salvation Army will offer separate services for pregnant and parenting teens.

Melba hires longtime elementary principal as new superintendent

Sherry Ann Adams has served as the elementary school principal for nearly two decades.

Meet the students who are working your essential jobs

From healthcare to food service, teens are working essential jobs on top of their remote class schedules. Here’s how some of them are trying to strike that balance.