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Broadband mess gets Education Week’s attention

The extended article was posted online Tuesday and will appear in Education Week’s Wednesday print edition.

Ybarra restructures IT department, hires spokesman

Two of the department’s four IT jobs have been eliminated in the staff restructuring.

Video: Butch Otter interview, 1.15.15 (Part Two)

Part two from Gov. Butch Otter’s extended interview with Idaho Education News and KIVI and KNIN TV.

Monday will be Salamander Day at the Statehouse

Boise eighth-grader Ilah Hickman wants the Idaho giant salamander named the state’s amphibian.

Video: Butch Otter interview, 1.15.15

Hear Gov. Butch Otter discuss his plans for K-12 with Idaho Education News and KIVI and KNIN.

Broadband: Idaho may be on its own for funding until 2016

On Tuesday, the state laid out its timetable to rebid the Idaho Education Network project.

West Ada will try another bond issue

The total cost: $128.3 million. The election date: March 10.

Ilah Hickman is back — with her salamander bill

The Boise eighth-grader is continuing her quest for a state amphibian.

Gov. Butch Otter’s State of the State, Storified

The rundown and the reactions from Gov. Butch Otter’s State of the State address — as told on Twitter.

Video: Sherri Ybarra interview, 1.8.15, Part 2

Here is more from Sherri Ybarra’s first extended interview as state superintendent.