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Direct admissions: State accepts 20,213 seniors for college

Seniors will get their direct admission letters in the mail in the next few days. The direct admissions program is one of several state initiatives designed to boost college go-on rates.

Horman rules out run for state superintendent

Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, is a key Statehouse figure on education topics. She will instead run for a fourth term in the Legislature.

In New Mexico, another heated debate over science standards

New Mexico’s education department has edited the standards’ wording on evolution and climate change, to the chagrin of science teachers and environmentalists.

Magic Valley districts fill vacancies with unlicensed teachers

As Idaho grapples with an ongoing teacher shortage, Magic Valley schools are filling vacancies through alternative routes — and, in some cases, by hiring unlicensed teachers.

Colorado issues its own college completion goal

While Idaho wrestles with its “60 percent” postsecondary completion goal, Colorado wants 66 percent of its adults to hold a degree or postsecondary certificate.

Nampa to seek supplemental levy in November

The two-year, $18.75 million levy replaces a smaller two-year levy passed in 2015. The district says rising property values will cover the difference.