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Idaho charter leaders and parents blast federal proposal
Idaho charter school advocates are pushing back. “Mother knows best. Let us choose,” one parent’s sign read.
Idaho charters receive millions in private financing
At least nine of the schools received nearly $81 million in private financing to start up and stabilize their operations over the last seven months.
Despite retirement, Bauscher’s influence in education lives on
Rich Bauscher, who was once the youngest superintendent in Idaho, still refuses to call it quits on the eve of his 70th birthday.
Analysis: This negotiating season, will teacher pay raises meet expectations?
More money. More variables. Administrators and local union leaders are trying to figure out how to spend a huge increase in K-12 budgets — in hopes of keeping teachers in Idaho classrooms.
We sent our kids to school today, with trepidation
Our stomachs still turned from Tuesday’s news. Another school shooting. More people dead, mostly young children this time. More families devastated.
Blaine County parent group emerges to support school choice
Push Back Idaho was founded by parents — for parents — and has added over 200 members in a year.
Boise, West Ada to offer limited half-day kindergarten options
Boise will offer half-day kindergarten in only one elementary school. The district says fewer than 20 children are enrolled for the option.
West Ada selects new trustee
David Binetti, a management consultant who last year fought to make masks optional in Idaho’s largest school district, will now fill the district’s vacant Zone 4 seat.
Analysis: The Idaho GOP’s civil war remains unsettled
Mainstream and hardline Republican factions both scored big wins in Tuesday’s elections. The battle for control over the state’s prevailing party will continue.
Analysis: When a primary becomes a purge
Tuesday’s legislative primaries were a bloodbath, with 20 Republican incumbents losing or poised to lose. So, what will the Legislature look like next January?