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Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.

Hawthorne breaks ground on Earth Day

Students plant a garden, celebrate outdoor learning

Tech pilots: Idaho gears up for Round Two

The state has another $3 million up for grabs for school technology pilot projects. The application period opened Wednesday; the deadline is June 11.

Fulcher’s Common Core challenge

How the standards, and other K-12 issues, factor into the governor’s race.

Back to the bargaining table

Will this year’s K-12 education budget make for smoother labor negotiations?

Parma gets kids into college

Scholarships, early planning and support lead to a 75 percent go-on rate from Parma High graduates.

New committees pick up task force work

Two groups of educators, stakeholders and state officials have started the work of continuing to develop and implement the task force recommendations from 2013.

Meridian leaves controversial novel in limbo

Trustees hope to find an alternative to ‘The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.’

Senior project at the Statehouse

The daughter of a state legislator returns to Boise to work as a House page.

Lawmakers partially fulfill task force goals

A closer look at what’s been done — and what needs to be done — on the 20 recommendations from Gov. Butch Otter’s education task force.

Otter, Luna praise legislative focus on schools

Otter says lawmakers fulfilled his goals for education, while Democrats said not nearly enough work was done this year.