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The latest and breaking news and investigative reports about Idaho public education.
Reading test impasse shows signs of breaking
Legislative budget-writers will meet Tuesday morning, and are likely to take another look at funding a new reading test — one of the last unresolved issues of the 2018 legislative session.
House kills Ybarra’s office budget bill, derailing hopes for a quick end to the session
The Legislature cannot adjourn for the year until it passes all of the 2018-19 state budgets.
Reading test unrest flares up on the Senate floor
Statehouse roundup, 3.16.18: The Senate passes a bill addressing school threats, sending the proposal to Gov. Butch Otter.
Bonneville mulls elementary boundary changes
The proposed changes stem from overcrowding at some elementary schools, and financial concerns of overstaffing teachers at another.
Legislators move rapidly into budget mode
Statehouse roundup, 3.15.18: Spending bills pass easily, and the State Board of Education weighs in on the reading test impasse.
‘Go-on rate’ is stuck in neutral
In 2017, only 45 percent of Idaho high school graduates went straight to college. But the State Board of Education sees some good news in the numbers.
Town torn over viral ‘feeding of biological specimens’
The story has snagged national headlines, prompted a statement from PETA and caught the ire of concerned citizens from across the country.
VanOrden pushes new local reading assessment bill
Statehouse roundup, 3.14.18: Reading assessments, science standards and ESSA resurfaced.
Voters approve new middle school in Bonneville. Now what?
It’s still unclear if growth will cancel out a tax hike; officials hope to break ground a year from now.
Students: ‘This is what Democracy looks like!’
Hundreds of teen gathered on the Statehouse steps in Boise to press adults to take action on school gun violence.