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‘The job found me:’ More about the STEM Action Center transition
Angela Hemingway says she hopes her new job — in government sales for the wireless carrier T-Mobile — will focus on addressing the “digital divide” in Idaho schools.
STEM Action Center head takes private sector post
Angela Hemingway had led the center since its launch in 2015, promoting education in the “STEM” fields of science, technology, engineering and math.
Health and Welfare: K-12 coronavirus cases fell during holiday week
The state reported at least 154 new coronavirus cases in K-12 schools during last week, a 69 percent decrease from the previous week.
Coronavirus trendline, 11.27.20: Breaking down numbers from holiday week
New case numbers and deaths decreased from the previous week. It isn’t clear, however, whether these numbers reflect reporting delays due to the short week and the Thanksgiving holiday.
K-12 coronavirus cases hit another milestone
Last week, the state counted at least 500 new cases involving K-12 students and employees. Was that a record? Hard to say.
Republican states align behind Idaho transgender athletics ban
Fourteen state attorneys general co-signed a brief supporting Idaho’s first-in-the-nation law, which bans transgender girls and women from playing in girls’ and women’s sports.
Coronavirus trendline, 11.20.20: Record cases and record deaths, again
All of Idaho’s key coronavirus metrics continued to move in the wrong direction this week. The state and its health districts reported nearly 9,800 new cases and 94 COVID-19 deaths.
Coronavirus roundup: A turbulent and troubling Tuesday
New guidelines could affect school sports and extracurricular activities in the Treasure Valley. Deaths and case numbers hit one-day peaks. And a health district entertains COVID-19 conspiracy theorists.
NNU will reopen campus Wednesday
Northwest Nazarene University issued the Nov. 10 stay-in-place directive as case numbers began climbing on the Nampa campus. Since then, the case numbers are showing signs of tapering off.
K-12 coronavirus cases continue to climb sharply
The hotspots are high schools — especially in the West Ada and Boise school districts.