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The latest and breaking news and investigative reports about Idaho public education.
West Jefferson superintendent to retire
The 34-year educator will step down as superintendent and begin taking state retirement benefits, but he won’t be leaving the education profession entirely.
Little symbolically takes government to his hometown
Emmett residents asked about early childhood education, population growth, infrastructure, healthcare and more during the new governor’s first “Capital for a Day” event.
Tromp named Boise State president
Marlene Tromp comes from the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she has served as provost and executive vice chancellor since 2017. Her hire completes a search 17 months in the making.
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More literacy funding leads to more kindergarten
Schools are expanding their offerings for young kids, which also means more than a dozen job openings for kindergarten teachers.
Education news from around the state
Fellowships here, scholarships there, awards everywhere.
Idaho’s new minimum teacher salary: Who benefits and how it shakes out.
More than 3,600 Idaho teachers make less than $40,000 a year. For them, a new state law guarantees a pay raise. But school administrators say the state still needs to do more to recruit and retain teachers.
Little will temporarily reinstate agency rules
The Legislature was willing to let them expire. Little will need to act before July 1.
State Board approves dual credit fee increase
In other action, the State Board elected Debbie Critchfield as its new president.
State Board approves tuition and fee increases
The student tuition and fee increases will range from 4.9 percent to 6.1 percent — and it comes after lawmakers gave the higher education system a 3.5 percent increase from tax coffers.