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The latest and breaking news and investigative reports about Idaho public education.
Analysis: Idaho State gambles to build its academic advising program
Idaho State University is using private donations to hire staff to help at-risk students — and address luckluster retention and graduation rates. And President Kevin Satterlee is calling out legislators for failing to support the hires.
Reading scores improve, approach pre-pandemic levels
The May scores represent across-the-board improvements from 2021, the first year after the COVID-19 pandemic. INSIDE: School-by-school results.
Reclaim Idaho submits 100,000 signatures in support of the Quality Education Act
If the Quality Education Act makes the November general election ballot and receives a simple majority vote, it would generate $323 million to fund K-12 education programs.
Free summer meals help curb food insecurity, get kids outside
The program provided 4.1 million meals for Idaho kids and teens last summer. It is federally funded and state administered.
U of I owes a $400,000 airline subsidy
The money will subsidize Alaska Airlines flights linking Boise and Pullman, Wash. The flights failed to meet the airline’s target of a 10% profit.
Application requirement resumes for free and reduced-price meals
There is no deadline for applying, but the SDE is encouraging families to do so before the start of the 2022-23 school year to confirm their eligibility.
Pandemic gave 16-year-old opportunities she otherwise wouldn’t have considered
Veronica Richmond took a 49-day RV trip during her senior year to visit college campuses across 20 states with her mom, sister and two dogs.
Acknowledging Boise’s past: Student research helped create law to allow removal of race covenants
College of Idaho’s Redline Project leads to new law allowing homeowners to void illegal, racist restrictions in property deeds
Idaho poised for another record state budget surplus
While the state is sitting on an unprecedented pile of cash, not every state office ended the year on such a positive note.
Boise’s incumbent trustees will seek re-election
In a joint statement, the incumbents touted community support for Boise schools — and graduation rate numbers that don’t square with the state’s figures.