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The latest and breaking news and investigative reports about Idaho public education.
Funding formula rewrite still up in the air after second committee meeting
State education leaders agreed that the nearly 30-year-old policy is outdated, complicated and misaligned.
Some details are still fuzzy on the governor’s Idaho Launch program
Administrators questions state officials on Thursday about the $80 million postsecondary career incentives plan.
Idaho Philanthropy Day nominations are due in August
Awards recognize those people giving the most to communities throughout Idaho.
St. Maries School District lands a $14 million grant
Part of the $178 million first round of the Renew America’s Schools initiative, funds are slated for energy-efficient upgrades to aging HVAC systems.
Free and on-site services support mental health in Boise schools
The services span the spectrum — behavioral health, legal consultation, parenting resources, financial planning, work-life balance skills, eldercare, and more.
Garden Valley gets creative to address student mental health
The district is recruiting partners to better serve kids and their families.
Document pokes a hole in U of I’s Phoenix timeline
The University of Idaho has said it began looking at a University of Phoenix purchase in March, when the for-profit online giant “approached” U of I officials. But that timetable is inaccurate and incomplete.
West Bonner may be able to pay for extracurricular activities
The county has two payments to make from a 2021 supplemental levy.
40 West Ada teachers attend dyslexia summer school training
Idaho’s largest district aims to raise literacy rates via phonemic pedagogy training.
‘Meaningful, Big Things’ at One Stone, the Student-Led High School of Invention
Teachers are ‘coaches,’ classes are ‘workshops’ and students get treated as adults in a school where traditional instruction gets turned on its head. Boise, Idaho As high school seniors across the nation crammed for finals last spring, Abella Cathey was in her glory, enjoying a warm spring day as she joined a group of…