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Favorite Teachers: Mountain View students celebrate theater teacher for inclusive, transformative teaching

Camilla Boylan has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Velma V. Morrison Performing Arts Educator of the Year Award.

Lawyering up: U of I racks up nearly $200,000 in unexplained legal bills

The invoices are heavily redacted. But it appears that much of Hawley Troxell’s work stems from the U of I’s controversial bid to buy the University of Phoenix.

A tale of two school districts: the difference money makes in education

Neighboring districts can have vastly different budgets, and student achievement outcomes.

Analysis: What we know about the Phoenix sweepstakes, despite the U of I’s silence

The University of Idaho wasn’t the only bidder for the University of Phoenix, a for-profit online giant. That is clear. The rest of the story is more complicated.

McCall-Donnelly spearheads solutions to workforce struggles

The district is creating a community daycare center and an employee housing complex to fill severe needs.

State Board wants a judge to toss Labrador lawsuit

The July 18 court motion continues a legal battle between the elected head of the state’s law firm and a powerful education policymaking body made up largely of gubernatorial appointments.

West Bonner wants error corrected before submitting Durst’s application

The state and district don’t agree on how to interpret an Idaho code that governs the superintendent certificate process.

West Bonner recall organizers say trustees have a ‘hidden agenda’

If Brown or Rutledge are recalled, the board can declare a vacancy at a regular or special meeting. The board has 90 days to appoint someone from the zone where the vacancy occurred.

Analysis: Critchfield puts a K-12 funding formula rewrite on a fast track

The state superintendent wants to rewrite Idaho’s complicated and aged school funding formula — within about six weeks. The implications are as far-reaching as her timetable is ambitious.