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The latest and breaking news and investigative reports about Idaho public education.
Former Marsh Valley superintendent has certificates revoked
Idaho’s educator ethics commission found Marvin Hansen guilty of violating the educator code of ethics based on allegations he had sex with a staff member on school grounds and in a district vehicle.
Victor Elementary closing due to increased absences
The rural East Idaho school is down seven staff members and has tallied at least 60 students absences between those quarantined and out sick — with COVID-19 and other ailments.
Biden signs order to advance educational equity for Latino students
The initiative aims to increase Latino students’ access to quality educational programs and break down barriers to higher education, among other things.
Cardinal Academy for parenting teens opens its doors to students
The school’s six teachers all cater to numerous grade levels, and work with students who often experience gaps in their education.
Feds approve Idaho’s K-12 spending plan
The state can now access another $146 million to spend on public schools.
At least 4 students injured, one man dead, in school bus crash
A pickup truck ran a stop sign, investigators say.
Districts worry about return to attendance-based funding amid COVID-19 absences
Some districts are seeing 15-20% absence rates, which could hurt the attendance averages used to calculate payments from the state.
Little pledges $10 million to combat substitute teacher shortages
The money comes with another targeted remedy: paid time off for Idaho’s executive branch agency employees to work as subs.
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a reading initiative?
Wapello Elementary School’s new reading program landed softly on the playground Tuesday morning.
Analysis: Idaho faces a sudden, unsurprising surge in K-12 coronavirus cases
It’s fair to ask if state officials and educators were slow to see the looming threat of the delta variant. But what state leaders say now might be even more important.