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Reading scores improve, approach pre-pandemic levels
The May scores represent across-the-board improvements from 2021, the first year after the COVID-19 pandemic. INSIDE: School-by-school results.
Reclaim Idaho submits 100,000 signatures in support of the Quality Education Act
If the Quality Education Act makes the November general election ballot and receives a simple majority vote, it would generate $323 million to fund K-12 education programs.
U of I owes a $400,000 airline subsidy
The money will subsidize Alaska Airlines flights linking Boise and Pullman, Wash. The flights failed to meet the airline’s target of a 10% profit.
Idaho poised for another record state budget surplus
While the state is sitting on an unprecedented pile of cash, not every state office ended the year on such a positive note.
Analysis: A long-term enrollment challenge looms for Idaho higher ed
The birth rate is dropping, in Idaho and across the country. That adds up to increased competition for a shrinking pool of potential college students.
State leaders begin closure protocols for embattled charter school
“It’s a process that hasn’t been used in a long time, and hopefully won’t be used for a long time to come, but we are working to protect student and taxpayer interests as best we can,” one state charter school leader said.
As higher ed wrestles with inflation, a tuition increase could be looming
The pressures of inflation might jeopardize new higher ed program requests — but Gov. Brad Little’s budget chief says new programs are still in play.
Analysis: Where money mattered in the May elections. And where it didn’t.
Fundraising allowed some successful statewide candidates to dominate the airwaves. A few challengers ran spendy races and unseated Statehouse incumbents. But in some legislative races, outside political groups might have played a bigger and more far-reaching role.
A ‘crisis:’ A grim State Board looks at the looming teacher shortage
Linda Clark — a State Board member and career K-12 educator — said the unprecedented shortage will hit rural schools the hardest. “I wish we could just say this morning, ‘Here’s the solution,’ …. We really have to put our thinking caps on here.”
West Ada trustees OK’d a 20% raise for superintendent
Trustees approved a new contract for Derek Bub on April 11, board minutes show. But the approval followed no discussion and was included in the meeting’s consent agenda, which trustees typically use to OK a cluster of non-controversial items through a single vote.