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Student engagement drops – again – during the pandemic
Statewide numbers reveal a decline of roughly 20 percent from 2018.
How much would it cost to fully staff mental health professionals in Idaho schools?
Idaho’s ratios of school counselors and psychologists per student are far below staffing levels recommended by national organizations.
Inclusion complaints flare as school board meeting is cut short, police respond
A Kuna School Board meeting abruptly ended Tuesday night after testifiers demanded the word “inclusive” be struck from a proposed strategic plan, and unknown individual interrupted the district’s live stream.
Six months before they can officially file, Republican 2022 election races are red hot
The Capital Sun reports that the campaign trail is crowded at the top of the ticket with almost a dozen candidates challenging the incumbent governor.
Critchfield corrects campaign finance complaint
The complaint alleged Critchfield violated campaign finance laws by accepting too much money from the same business owner. She says she worked with the Secretary of State’s Office to fix it.
Boise trustees reinstate mask mandate
The change comes a week after the CDC and Central District Health updated their guidance for the upcoming school year.
House ethics committee recommends censure for North Idaho lawmaker
The Capital Sun reports on the news about Rep. Priscilla Giddings, who serves as the co-chair of the education indoctrination task force.
Analysis: The education culture wars go full circle, and head for a showdown
The battle lines over Idaho higher education politics were drawn into the map in 2019. And the debate hasn’t changed much since then.
Indoctrination task force posts higher ed-focused agenda, changes it twice
The agenda appears to use a familiar mold: a set of presentations mixed with discussion by group members; a lack of representation from state education policymaking agencies; and no speakers with obvious or publicly-stated intentions of dissenting from the task force’s goals.
CDC reverses course on mask recommendations
The new guidance could change how trustees and superintendents write school reopening policies.