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Nampa to consider new process for removing books

The proposal follows weeks of discussion after trustees in June called for a new policy to guide future complaints.

Reclaim Idaho organizers pull Quality Education Act from November ballot

Sponsors of the education funding initiative removed it because of a law legislators passed during the recent special session.

Rural teacher incentive program will take applications by the end of September

Up to 500 teachers will be awarded $12,000 over four years.

Math and reading scores plummet on national test, erasing 20 years of progress

Put another way: It’s as if 9-year-olds were performing at the same level in math as 9-year-olds did back in 1999, and at the same reading level as in 2004.

Four incumbents, Boise student win Boise trustee races

Voters made one change: Shiva Rajbhandari, a Boise High School student who recently turned 18, unseated incumbent Steve Schmidt, appointed to the board less than a year ago.

Ybarra makes one last push for teacher pay, raises for staffers

Lame-duck state superintendent Sherri Ybarra is proposing an additional $158.7 million for K-12 — a 6.9% increase for the budget year beginning July 1. Nearly half of the new money would go into pay raises.

Little celebrates special session wins with elementary kids

He told the students that the law passed last week is a part of Idaho history. “I know you’re all interested in this,” Little said with laughter.

Where did $50 million in pandemic education relief money in Idaho go?

State paid over $2.6 million in administrative fees to ClassWallet, the vendor of software that Idaho hired to run its Strong Families, Strong Students Program.