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Despite spiraling case numbers, Boise State maintains regular operations
Business as usual extends to Friday night — when Boise State’s football team is slated to play at a full Albertsons Stadium for the first time since 2019.
School districts grapple with substitute teacher and bus driver shortages
Staffing challenges have become another hurdle for Idaho schools as they start a third COVID-affected year.
Victor’s mask debacle reflects statewide debate
The mayor made masks mandatory. The school district is refusing to comply. The intergovernmental spat has simmered into a legal debate.
Schools report low bullying numbers from 2019-20 school year
Idaho administrators reported 1,750 incidents of bullying among more than 300,000 youth. Children report different numbers.
Idaho teachers’ retirement benefits among the best in the country, says study
But the ranking leaves in question how much a high-ranked retirement offering can offset low-ranked wages, as school hiring teams navigate a competitive job market.
As schools reopen, K-12 coronavirus case numbers surge
More than 1,200 school-aged children contracted coronavirus last week. Case numbers have increased twelvefold since mid-July, and the middle of summer vacation.
Idaho joins lawsuit against White House over trans student protections
The move marks an effort to shield the state’s transgender athlete ban from a legal challenge.
Education news across Idaho
Community grants support learning programs, and one rural town has a new school.
Analysis: Will lawmakers embrace, or ignore, McGeachin’s task force?
The lieutenant governor’s education task force needs the Legislature — specifically, like-minded conservatives who hold considerable sway at the Statehouse — because the group is otherwise short on allies.
Ybarra asks for school funding increase to pay for full-day kindergarten
The 8.5% proposed budget increase in state tax dollars would also pay for expansion on the teacher salary career ladder and boost district operational funding.