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Education news from around Idaho
IEA named annual award winners, six Idaho students are Presidential Scholar semifinalists and the SDE is taking applications for the USDA’s fresh fruit and vegetable program.
Analysis: A bad week and a rough session for the facts
Elected officials are in the business of commanding and demanding facts. And a bad session for facts has a real effect on policy.
Legislative roundup, 4.29.21: Little signs nondiscrimination bill, but questions ‘anecdotes and innuendo’ that birthed it
In signing, Little questioned the Legislature’s interrogation of “widespread, systemic indoctrination in Idaho classrooms” that fueled the bill.
4 ways Biden’s American Families Plan would matter for schools and children
President Joe Biden proposed a massive package of policies Wednesday designed to reduce child poverty rates and make preschool and higher education more accessible.
NEA report: Idaho still on the bottom for per-student spending
Idaho didn’t move much this year in terms of per-pupil spending, and average teacher pay dropped slightly due to veteran turnover and a temporary salary freeze.
Bub selected to lead West Ada
The principal of Centennial High School will fill the top spot in Idaho’s largest district later this year.
Legislative roundup, 4.27.21: House denies funding, need for school COVID testing
The House Tuesday struck down a bill to free up $40.3 million to help schools pay for staff and student COVID-19 tests. School districts, along with private and charter schools, could have opted into receiving the state-held federal money to pay for voluntary tests. But some House members said they didn’t want more coronavirus testing…
Charter commission investigating Ammon school
A recent complaint filed against the school includes a claim that Monticello Montessori Public Charter School’s “board of directors may be receiving monetary benefits through contracts held by the school.”
New teacher salary, higher education budgets emerge
Budget-writers voted to put another $1 million into the K-12 salaries bill. Then, on a divided vote, they sliced $2.5 million from higher education.
Most Idaho elementary schools find ways to provide all-day kindergarten
The state pays for only half-day kindergarten, but administrators find other sources to make up the difference.