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The latest and breaking news and investigative reports about Idaho public education.

A schedule change saves money. Just not much.

And for some four-day districts, even the modest savings came at an unacceptable cost to employees.

Preston upholds a decision driven by dollars

Five years after adopting a four-day calendar, daunting fiscal realities continue to confront Preston schools.

Four-day school test scores are inconclusive — but troubling

It’s difficult to draw firm conclusions from Idaho’s test results. Sample sizes are small. Long-term trends are elusive.

Sage and COSSA Academy: Two four-day outliers

The two schools are shaped by their four-day calendar — but are defined, starkly, by differing demographics.

An unproven experiment, involving 26,881 Idaho students

Opinions about Idaho’s four-day schools are rampant. Hard statistics are scarce.

Data dive: Surprising statistics on four-day schools

Some four-day school statistics confirm conventional wisdom. Others contradict political rhetoric.

Trustees adopt 10 resolutions at state conference

Idaho school board members passed 10 of the 12 resolutions they considered Friday morning, including a measure designed to replace Common Core-aligned assessment tests. Resolutions represent the opinion of the Idaho School Boards Association, largely for legislative purposes. Resolutions adopted at the annual convention remain policy of the ISBA for two years. About 400 board…