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Five finalists named in University of Idaho president’s search

They will visit the U of I’s Moscow campus and Boise Center next week.

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Feb. 25-March 1

Lawmakers will draft state superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s administrative budget Monday, and get a first look at her teacher pipeline bill Wednesday.

Michigan embraces its version of a ’60 percent goal’

Like Idaho — which struggles to make headway on its postsecondary goal — Michigan faces daunting demographic hurdles.

Idaho Opportunity Scholarship: Where the money goes

Students received $39.4 million in the state-funded scholarships from 2008 to 2018. And the students’ college of choice? It’s a close race.

CSI working on weekend course program

The “Weekend College Plus” program will be geared toward nontraditional students and Hispanic students, the Twin Falls Times-News reported.

Wayne Hoffman’s big disclaimer on public schools

“I don’t think government should be in the education business,” the executive director of the Idaho Freedom Foundation wrote Friday, in a guest opinion that ostensibly weighs in on the school funding formula rewrite.

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Feb. 18-22

Heading the schedule: Monday’s legislative budget hearing, as the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee draws up the 2019-20 budget requests for K-12.

Blaine County disputes Ybarra’s mastery ‘waiting list’

Superintendent GwenCarol Holmes is the third administrator to question the list, which state superintendent Sherri Ybarra has touted in her push to expand Idaho’s mastery pilot.