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Students take part in mock disaster drill

Meridian Medical Arts Charter High School students spent their Friday morning saving lives — fortunately, it was only a drill. But it was a learning lesson in dealing with real-life disasters. A team of 38 high school juniors took part in a mock earthquake disaster drill to put their medical training to the test. Students practiced…

Otter doesn’t commit to special session, praises lawmakers’ education record

Governor declines to say whether he will call special session to address child support bill that was killed during the just-completed 90-day legislative session.

State board approves Ybarra request for federal flexibility

If approved by the feds, new waiver would discontinue Schoolnet and Idaho’s 5-Star ratings system of schools. It is due to the U.S. Department of Education by April 30.

A cultural challenge: bridging the rural Hispanic student achievement gap

Test scores tail off in middle school and high school — which suggests that economic and social forces may be the underlying cause.

Observers: Ybarra recovered from rocky start to session

The first-year superintendent took heat for early-session budget stumbles — then earned praise for helping schools through the broadband crisis.

Thousands of students take SATs free

State officials expect 18,923 juniors to take advantage of competing the college entrance exam for free.

Scientist promotes: Hard work = intelligence

Expert says intelligence is not something you are born with but rather something you can earn with hard work and learning from mistakes.

Sen. Dean Mortimer hailed a hero of the session

Because of the workload the new chair of the Senate Education Committee carried, the Senate’s No. 1 Republican called him “one of the heroes of this session.”