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AP: Idaho schools received $992,000 from NRA
All told, the National Rifle Association gave more than $7.3 million to U.S. schools and school groups between 2010 and 2016, according to an Associated Press analysis of public tax records.
Evaluations process shows improvement, State Board official says
In 2016-17, 56 percent of teacher evaluations fully complied with state guidelines, according to a State Board of Education review. The 2015-16 compliance rate was 51 percent.
Caldwell High School adopts, and revises, no-backpack policy
Before the Wednesday rollout, administrators changed their minds. Opinions on safety tactics are sharply divided.
West Ada yanks ‘Looking for Alaska’ from middle school libraries
The state’s largest district removed the best-selling novel after a parent complained about its language and references to smoking and suicide, spokesman Eric Exline told the Idaho Statesman.
Seventy or bust? Rhode Island sets ambitious postsecondary goal
Rhode Island’s goal is akin to Idaho’s “60 percent” postsecondary goal. Both states have their work cut out for them.
Study: Idaho graduation rate lags well below national average
The study tracks more than 2.2 million students who entered college in the fall of 2011. Idaho’s numbers are consistently bleak.
Coberly: Scholarship bill is ill-conceived and divisive
“We are worried that this issue will provide the spark for another fracture in Idaho’s education system,” Boise school Superintendent Don Coberly wrote Monday.
Second Democrat plans to run for state superintendent
She’s a government teacher at Boise’s Capital High School, served on Gov. Butch Otter’s K-12 task force and now sits on the state’s Board of Correction.
Boise Democrat files to run for state superintendent
Allen Humble, a retiree who worked in hospital management, is the first Democrat to file paperwork in the state superintendent’s race.
College Application Week produces a paperwork push
“We are clearly generating more interest among high school seniors in thinking about college, but we have more work to do to ensure they actually enroll and graduate,” said Matt Freeman of the State Board of Education.