IDAHO

Commerce director tells lawmakers not to cut taxes

Outgoing Idaho Department of Commerce Director Jeff Sayer instead urges lawmakers on tax group to invest in workforce pipeline, infrastructure and education.

West Ada school needs your help to win $100,000

Local votes could help Lowell Scott Middle School students and staff build an outdoor learning center.

Vendor: School broadband savings should hold

Monday’s hearing was partly a postmortem from the Idaho Education Network contract fiasco, as a procession of vendors presented options to the state.

Teens find a solution to fix Idaho’s education system

Idaho students pitch their ideas for improving the education system in Idaho.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan stepping down

U.S. Department of Education senior official John King Jr., to serve as acting education secretary, AP reports.

Students participate in walking challenge

Thousands of Idaho students and mayors develop healthy habits in October.

Most districts and charters break Idaho transparency laws

Only 14 of 164 districts and charters are in complete state compliance for posting on their websites expenditures, contracts and strategic plans. At least 18 have posted none of those on their websites.

Otter wants State Board to take ‘more active role’ on K-12

A spokesman for state superintendent Sherri Ybarra downplays the June 30 letter from Gov. Butch Otter to State Board of Education members.

Education news in brief, week of 10.5.15

Find out which science teachers were named as state finalists for the Presidential Award, and get a rundown of teachers who won classroom grants to help launch innovative ideas and classroom units.