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Analysis: In the absence of mandates, educators pin their hopes on vaccine messaging
School officials and health experts can only encourage vaccinations — and try to make the vaccines as accessible as possible. And hope it all works, as the coronavirus pandemic enters another sobering stage.
Ybarra to consider 11 recommendations on improving mental health supports in schools
The recommendations don’t include a mandate that districts adopt mental health supports, but they would expand the resources available to districts that are interested in doing that work.
Test results indicate Idaho’s teacher prep programs are not aligned to licensure exams
Nearly half of elementary teacher candidates fail to pass the required Praxis on their first attempt.
Idaho’s budget surplus swells to nearly $900 million
The surplus could have big implications for K-12 and higher education, which historically share more than 60 percent of Idaho’s budget.
Canvassers go door-to-door looking to amplify the voices of Idaho Latinos
PODER Colectivo para la Educación (Collective power for education) aims to help and encourage Latinos to get involved at their schools to advocate for the education issues that matter to them.
Hypothetical court challenge could spell ‘dismantling’ of race teachings law, says UI law professor
Watch Shaakirrah Sanders’ remarks and the full African American Chamber of Commerce of Idaho’s critical race theory panel here.
Teachers learn to pilot and code drones
A summer training will help educators engage students in STEM activities.
Wasden signs AGs letter clashing with White House on trans student rights
Idaho is embroiled in a lawsuit over its ban on transgender women and girls competing on school sports teams that match their gender identity.
SAT scores rebound, but fewer Idaho students are ‘college ready’ amid pandemic
“We expected there would be learning loss because of pandemic disruptions in the school year and in the previous spring,” said Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra.
African American Chamber of Idaho to host critical race theory panel
The organization, which advocates for Black businesspeople in the state, is hosting a virtual panel consisting of educators, a law professor and Mike Satz of the anti-extremism group Idaho 97.