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Fall sports could significantly complicate reopening schools amid pandemic
“It only takes one positive case to basically shut down an entire team, or potentially an entire school, for up to several weeks.”
Public blocked from first SDE standards review committee meeting
In other news, Gov. Brad Little’s school reopening committee is nearing — and extending — its deadline to act.
Analysis: Bar closings, school openings and local control
No one knows exactly what school will look like in two months. But we know this. For better or worse — and on purpose — it will certainly look different from one district to another.
Police: Harassment allegation prompted attack on superintendent
An incident report obtained by EdNews details the motives behind an attack on school grounds that hospitalized Marsh Valley’s Marvin Hansen.
“What is justice? What is fair?” Idaho teachers take different approaches to discussing race
As discussions of race and racial justice dominate national discourse, Idaho Education News wanted to know how teachers broach the subject. Some say it’s a critical part of class discussions. Others prefer to avoid conversations that could ruffle feathers.
Federal judge revives Reclaim Idaho initiative
Tuesday’s ruling gives the state two options. It can give Reclaim Idaho volunteers 48 days to gather signatures in support of an initiative to put $170 million of new tax revenues into K-12, or it can simply place the question on the ballot. State leaders will appeal.
Supreme Court sides with Legislature and State Board, upholds funding shift
Monday’s 5-0 ruling means 18 jobs and $2.7 million will be shifted out of state superintendent Sherri Ybarra’s office, over her objections.
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s attempt to end DACA
“We may have won this battle, but the war is not over,” says Odalis Gonzalez, an Idaho graduate and DACA recipient studying at the University of Notre Dame.
Charter commission flags finances at three of its schools
The “notifications of fiscal concern” aren’t punitive per se, but they do provide a thin layer of protection to taxpayers in the event of a school’s midyear closure.
Analysis: A repeat levy, and a familiar debate over school elections
The West Ada School District will run a $28 million supplemental levy in August — making use of a law many legislators want to change.