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Idaho gets waiver from school ranking requirement

Idaho won’t calculate school rankings this year, but it will be required to report new data, like how many students were considered chronically absent from school last year.

Boise State, Boise police agree on law enforcement contract

The agreement — which comes at the end of a long and sometimes contentious negotiation process — goes to the State Board of Education and the Boise City Council for approval.

Trustees to consider greater flexibility in hiring school counselors

Other issues on tap for the Idaho School Boards Association’s upcoming annual conference include Idaho’s Core Learning Standards and funding for schools.

Attorney General: West Ada chair likely doesn’t have conflict of interest under state law

Parents urging for Amy Johnson’s ouster have said her employment in health care creates a conflict of interest as she affects public health decisions for schools.

State, districts navigate political pushback on ‘social-emotional learning’

The widely used academic term has been drawn into the fierce and divisive debate surrounding critical race theory.

Four reasons why schools are facing crippling shortages

There’s no one answer, according to a range of experts watching these shortages nationwide, but a constellation of potential explanations.

Boise trustee resigns

Treasure Valley attorney Alicia Estey cited an increase in her professional responsibilities in leaving her post.

Indoctrination task force member dies of COVID

“Pete (Coulson) was a very healthy 67. He would tell people he was vaccinated in Christ. He didn’t fear death,” conservative talk radio host Bill Colley wrote Thursday.

Analysis: Another Little-McGeachin education showdown is on hold, but not permanently

On Thursday, Little’s State Board of Education delayed a vote on a higher education diversity, educational equity and inclusion policy. This still looms as a big showdown, reinforcing Little’s and McGeachin’s positions on opposite sides of the campus culture wars.