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College acceptance letters will be available online starting Tuesday

The acceptance letters will be available on the State Board of Education’s Next Steps and Apply Idaho website.

‘We’re in it together’: Teacher and son both battle cancer

The Kimpels have undergone countless tests, treatments, surgeries and periods of remission and recurrence over the years.

Unknown object shot at bus carrying Plummer-Worley students after football game

No students were seriously hurt. The police have not released details on the specifics of the incident or any potential motivation.

State could use federal dollars to reverse $99 million in K-12 cuts

The $99 million won’t necessarily bring back teacher pay raises, since local school leaders will decide how to spend their share.

DeVos tells states to plan on administering standardized tests

After a one-year reprieve due to the coronavirus pandemic, testing is back on this year.

Analysis: West Ada and Boise are reopening, but ‘the hard part is staying open’

The state’s two largest school districts are likely to face the same reopening challenges that have confronted other Idaho schools — just on a larger scale.

Idaho’s largest school districts cleared for in-person class

New health recommendations impact some 124,000 students. Payette county, on Idaho’s western border with Oregon, is the only county where health officials still report high risk of COVID spread.

IEA calls on Little to reverse education budget holdbacks

With state revenues beating forecasts by almost $70 million, IEA leaders said its time to restore education funding and unfreeze teacher pay.

Last-minute change meant whiplash for child nutrition programs

Federal rules now give school districts a choice: Continue providing free breakfast and lunch to all kids or run the typical National School Lunch Program.