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Widespread uncertainty transforms teaching

Schools scramble to reach kids during Gov. Brad Little’s stay-home order.

Analysis: After one long month of March, 2020 resembles 2008

An infusion of federal money will help fill holes in Idaho’s education budget — in the short run. But the recent history is sobering; it took years for education to recover from cuts made during the Great Recession.

Little urges Idahoans to adhere to stay-home order or risk spike in COVID-19 cases

Idaho’s governor estimated it will take another nine days to see positive results of the stay-home order. And even with the order, state officials expect confirmed cases to increase in the coming days.

At the heart of Idaho’s coronavirus outbreak, Blaine County officials ponder the future

Despite the highest per-capita coronavirus rates in the state, trustees aren’t ruling out reopening school later this spring. “I don’t want to get too mired down right now in looking too far in the future,” trustee Rob Clayton said Monday.

Little signs transgender athletics ban

The newly signed law would ban transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s sports. A legal challenge appears inevitable.

West Ada to launch districtwide remote learning on April 13

As spring break ends in the West Ada School District, students will be able to take optional online courses beginning Monday. Teachers and staff will return to school to work on the online transition.

Analysis: How Little has approached this unfathomable crisis

It’s inevitable to critique policy in short-term political context. But a 21-day statewide stay-at-home order doesn’t fit that mold. This was something never before seen, something scarcely imagined.