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Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.
Centennial Elementary integrates arts into the classroom
Principal Paul Harman hopes it will translate into better learning outcomes for his students.
Garfield, Discovery Center partner to promote STEM
The night was a chance to model how a school, a community partner and families could come together to foster student growth.
Idaho’s ‘go-on rate’ shows no improvement
Fewer than 45 percent of the state’s high school graduates went straight to college last fall. Despite a multimillion-dollar campaign to encourage students to continue their education, this number has remained stagnant.
‘Irreplaceable’ teacher retires after 40 years
Steve Wilder helped grow the West Ada School District’s agricultural program from three to 13 teachers.
AG outlines renewal conditions for embattled charter school
The state is recommending changes to the school’s financial practices, training for trustees and improved academic achievement.
Retired educators teach children to find balance in their lives
They remind “screen-agers” to put down technology and seek healthy living habits and relationships.
Utah college has no record it sold modulars to Idaho charter school administrator
Fred Ball says he purchased modulars from Salt Lake Community College. He has not produced a bill of sale, yet his school paid him $16,000 for their purchase.
It’s no wonder they want to serve on an education committee
Three lawmakers have enough kids to populate a school district or even a small Idaho town.
In Year Four of a five-year plan, teacher salaries increase by 3.4 percent
However, lawmakers will have to make several key decisions on teacher pay in the next few weeks.
Charter administrators received $46,000 in unexplained payments
An EdNews investigation found at least 19 checks — one handwritten — with unusual transactions and no paper trail.