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K-12 funding — Is Idaho No. 50, or No. 51?
Gubernatorial candidate A.J. Balukoff conflated the numbers in a recent fundraising email. But by any metric, Idaho lags far below the national average.
Rival campaigns, identical language
Jana Jones said she wrote the passage in January with her staff. Sherri Ybarra’s website was launched more than two months later.
Meridian kids to get a brain workout
A tech pilot program is geared to train a child’s brain so they can perform better in school.
Cronin, Gregory, Park cruise in trustee election
Two incumbents and a former state legislator won easily in Tuesday’s Boise School District trustee elections. Turnout was a sparse 6.3 percent
Luna asks for his largest budget increase
Luna invites his successor to transition early as soon as November’s election is decided.
Balukoff hints at tax changes for schools
One option: restoring some of the property taxing authority stripped from school districts in 2006.
Long-time Cascade trustee retires
Ann Young experienced funding issues, the Technology Age and lice during her more than 30 years leading her rural district.
Is it time to ground the tech pilots?
A State Board of Education subcommittee thinks so. The panel favors a statewide approach to providing technology in the schools.
Idaho Falls pushes a new math focus
The district has adopted a new math curriculum and is partnering with a Regional Math Center to provide training for teachers and principals.