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Critchfield partners with conservative — and controversial — curriculum provider
School trustees will have the final say on whether teachers can use it in their classrooms.
Citizen committee punts vote on 34% legislator raises
Committee members want more time to mull an average $6,446 pay hike.
Mountain View holds public hearings on deconsolidation
The largest school district in Idaho by geography might split into two districts for local control and financial viability.
Analysis: Launch numbers boost college enrollment, but they’re unlikely to change the debate
Idaho Launch was sold to lawmakers as a pathway to a good-paying job in a high-demand career — and an alternative for students who aren’t interested in college. But the vast majority of Launch recipients are attending college this fall.
A sweltering classroom with a leaky ceiling: Inside the school Soda Springs leaders want to replace
Trustees are asking the community to support a $55.2 million bond so they can replace the high school, which was built in 1959.
Task force rekindles debate over DEI on college campuses
The eight-member task force didn’t talk about any specific bills during its 90-minute inaugural meeting Wednesday. But that could come at a later date.
Drip, drip, drip: New competing motions in Big City Coffee-Boise State lawsuit
Big City’s attorneys want $1.7 million for legal costs and fees. The defense wants a judge to throw out a $4 million verdict against two present and former Boise State University administrators.
Financial data on each of Idaho’s 198 cities now available on Transparent Idaho
The new city features allow citizens to better understand how local governments function
Four South Idaho districts ask for multimillion-dollar levies
School leaders say the money would be used for things like salaries, busing, school safety and athletics.
Palouse college fair focuses on paying for tuition
Palouse Pathways hosted its first “College Within Reach” event this weekend, a paying-for-college fair focused on financial aid, scholarships and other ways to pay for school.