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Analysis: Tuesday’s general election still has the feel of a Republican primary
In Idaho politics in 2022, every election divides the state’s predominant party, to some degree. Tuesday’s vote tallies will attach some numbers to this divide.
Freedom Foundation’s latest sex ed attack contains false and disputed claims
Idaho Education News confirmed that 14 schools are using the Reducing the Risk curriculum, but the Department of Health and Welfare disputed many of the hardline conservative group’s assertions about what’s taught and to which students.
Hot potato? Shelley High’s russet takes second
The russet-burbank spud dubbed “Boomer” skinned (scalloped?) eleven of twelve competitors vying for Scorebook Live’s Best High School Mascot in America competition. Another Idaho high school placed fifth.
Trustees to consider facilities funding, vouchers and other issues at annual convention
INSIDE: The details of what will be debated and who is running for leadership positions.
Two years later, NIC faces another pivotal trustee election
The 2020 election thrust the Coeur d’Alene-based community college into turmoil. Now, two competing slates of candidates are vying for three crucial seats on the board of trustees.
Campus news items: New scholarships will focus on engineering, computer science
In other news, the University of Idaho will join a consortium that hopes to encourage Indigenous students to pursue STEM fields, and Northwest Nazarene University plans to launch a new semiconductor engineering program.
Teachers, are you showing students you value their language, culture, and identity?
A conference provided information on how educators can become culturally-responsive and better advocates for equity.
Rural teachers can now apply for $12,000 in education funding
The funding can be put toward students loans, advanced degrees, and new certifications.
What Bedke, Pickens Manweiler said about librarians, K-12 funding and more
A bill to allow prosecutors to seek criminal charges against librarians “passed the House without my support,” Scott Bedke said Friday.
Supreme Court affirmative action cases could bolster attacks on school integration
K-12 school diversity plans already face legal challenges.