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Districts worry about return to attendance-based funding amid COVID-19 absences

Some districts are seeing 15-20% absence rates, which could hurt the attendance averages used to calculate payments from the state.

Little pledges $10 million to combat substitute teacher shortages

The money comes with another targeted remedy: paid time off for Idaho’s executive branch agency employees to work as subs.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a reading initiative?

Wapello Elementary School’s new reading program landed softly on the playground Tuesday morning.

Analysis: Idaho faces a sudden, unsurprising surge in K-12 coronavirus cases

It’s fair to ask if state officials and educators were slow to see the looming threat of the delta variant. But what state leaders say now might be even more important.

Lawmakers could return to Boise Wednesday — but they’re unlikely to accomplish much

“The COVID-19 ‘vaccine’ has been weaponized to create division and mistrust among neighbors,” Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, wrote last week. But it’s unlikely that House members will be able to take any concrete action Wednesday on vaccine mandates.

Idaho climbs in national graduation rankings

The state escaped the bottom 10 for grad rates during the pandemic, according to our nationwide analysis.

McLean: ‘staff error’ led to her name appearing as sponsor of critical race theory resolution

The Boise mayor said her signing on to this type of resolution “wouldn’t make sense” because she has no role in Boise or West Ada school administration.