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Lawmakers question Ybarra’s rural schools center proposal
Catch up on all the day’s legislative news involving budget proposals, teacher and principal evaluations and school safety.
Boise teen’s research receives national recognition
Nate Marshall has spent the last year comparing current-day global warming to the most prominent climate anomaly in Earth’s recent history, the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, which happened 56 million years ago.
House Education Committee outlines funding priorities
Catch up on all the day’s legislative news regarding funding priorities, Idaho Education Network lawsuit bills and the effort to rename professional-technical education programs in Idaho.
Idaho graduation rates show improvement
For Idaho’s class of 2015, the graduation rate was 78.9, up from a disappointing 77.3 percent a year ago.
Literacy proposal hits resistance in House committee
Bill’s backers worry that a one-week delay could jeopardize Gov. Butch Otter’s $10.7 million literacy initiative.
Teachers defend rejected science standards
Where did these standards come from and where did they go astray in the Legislature? Two Idaho science teachers who wrote the standards offer and inside look at the process that lawmakers took issue with.
Otter: Religious schools amendment is unnecessary
The controversial amendment would ease the ban on siphoning state dollars into church schools. For now, the amendment is on hold in a House committee.
Senator pushes bill for Bible in schools
Teachers can already use the Bible in school, but Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, says they are often afraid to do so.
Early learning advocates rally at Statehouse
Early education advocates took their case to legislative committees and the Statehouse steps Wednesday. Idaho is one of only five states without state-funded pre-K.
Ybarra makes her pitch for rural schools center
Center would be designed to offer an assortment of services to small districts, including budget support, administration, tech help, nursing or public relations.