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Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.
Lawmakers rewrote the school election calendar. What happens next?
Starting next year, school districts have only three dates when they can run a levy. But the schools also will have more state money — designed to offset bonds and levies. It’s a classic tradeoff, and a hard one to handicap.
Labrador lawsuit challenges closed-door, U of I-Phoenix purchase discussions
“The people of Idaho deserve to know about a transaction of this magnitude before it happens, not to have it presented to them as a fait accompli,” the attorney general’s office said in a lawsuit, filed Tuesday.
Lawmakers grill Green on U of I-Phoenix purchase
Legislative budget-writers raised serious questions about the U of I’s closed-door negotiations with the University of Phoenix — and the potential financial risks from the $685 million megadeal.
Favorite Teachers: First-year teacher inspires future doctors and nurses
Sarah Hurst paints an accurate picture of the medical field for the students, and they appreciate it.
The details of the U of I-University of Phoenix deal — and C. Scott Green’s case for the move
How will the U of I-Phoenix megadeal work? And why does President C. Scott Green believe it’s time to make a deal? Listen here.
President Green: U of Phoenix purchase is vital to U of I’s long-term viability
If the U of I doesn’t expand, it will be left to compete in a shrinking market, for a limited number of college-bound 18- to 22-year-olds. “Frankly, in my opinion, not all institutions in this country will survive,” Green said in an Idaho Education News podcast interview.
Analysis: A high-stakes, high-risk deal that will make or break a legacy
The University of Idaho stands to gain or lose millions from the proposed University of Phoenix purchase. For better or worse, President C. Scott Green’s tenure at his alma mater will be measured against this balance sheet.
‘Urgent disparities’ persist in Native American education, and state efforts to help have been underwhelming
The data shows alarming achievement gaps, but progress toward closing them is minimal — or nonexistent.
Idaho schools offer piecemeal efforts to upend decades of Native American miseducation
Some are at the forefront, innovating new approaches. Others lag far behind, with little more than a fourth-grade unit on tribes.
Boarding schools’ complicated legacy still haunts Native American communities
SPECIAL SERIES: Tribes, teachers, and federal agencies are working to undo that history and make classrooms a place where Native Americans are seen and celebrated.