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The latest and breaking news and investigative reports about Idaho public education.
Board shifts Fremont County superintendent to new ‘role and responsibilities’
The board chair announced the leadership shakeup to staff in an email this week.
Two Idaho students named 2022 U.S. Presidential Scholars
The seniors are among 161 others from across the country recognized for their achievement in academics, the arts, or career and technical education fields.
The IEA’s not-quite-secret election endorsements
The Idaho Education Association says its endorsements are meant to educate the teachers’ union’s members. Find out who it endorses in the governor and superintendent races.
The Nate-Raybould battle nears a resolution: Election Day
The race for a Rexburg House seat is one in a batch of legislative matchups pitting hardliners against mainstream Republicans ahead of the May 17 Republican primary.
NEA: Idaho ranks last in per-pupil spending, again
But the 2020-21 report doesn’t include the 2022 legislative action when an 11% increase was approved for K-12 education.
These legislative primaries could swing the balance of power in the Statehouse
With the May 17 primaries looming, let’s recap, and link to some coverage of these elections.
Critchfield, Durst and Ybarra’s collision course runs through local GOPs
In the fight for the Republican nomination to be Idaho’s next schools chief, local GOP central committees have served as both battlegrounds and campaign allies.
2022 Idaho primary election: Republican governor’s race features fierce political rivals
Idaho’s governor’s race has all the makings of a national spectacle and has Republican Party officials in Idaho sitting on pins and needles.
May 17: an $18.5 million school election day
The bulk of the measures — nearly $15.6 million — comes in the form of one- and two-year supplemental levies. Find out what is proposed in your community.
‘Non-functioning’ no more? State Board fills out troubled NIC board
Retired ophthalmologist David Wold, former state senator John Goedde and local human resources director Pete Broschet will round out North Idaho College’s shorthanded board of trustees. Their terms run through November.