Election Day Results

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Election Night live blog (final)

INSIDE: A list of the 15 incumbents who lost Tuesday. Plus, one legislative race flipped in the middle of the night, and it’s potentially a big one for education.

JFAC Chairman Idaho Rep. Wendy Horman (R, Idaho Falls) at the State Capitol building on January 11, 2023. (Otto Kitsinger for Idaho Capital Sun)

Horman wins, Marmon upsets Yamamoto in key legislative races

Incumbent education leaders fared well in GOP contests — with one exception.

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Bond and levy results: Salmon bond passes, breaking streak of 12 failures

Measures pass in Salmon, Mountain View, and West Ada; McCall’s bond and West Bonner’s levy fail.

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Critchfield: Thanks to in-person learning during the pandemic, today’s students are less likely to be chronically absent

Chronic absenteeism rate fluctuations among outliers

Idaho’s low chronic absenteeism rates may not be accurate

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Critchfield seeks weighted student formula, new special education fund

The superintendent’s budget proposal would increase general fund spending on public schools by 2.6%.

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Governor issues executive order ‘defending women’s sports’

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West Ada senior wins $40,000 College Board scholarship

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New public charter school in Avimor opens its doors

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Judge rejects $7.7 million Oneida appeal for state money

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After a long struggle, NIC touts a fall enrollment surge

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K-12 will receive record $68.2 million from endowment

Episode 96: A postsession conversation with Debbie Critchfield

A full and chaotic 94-day legislative session finally wrapped up on Wednesday.

So how did Debbie Critchfield fare in her second session as state schools superintendent?

Kevin Richert and Ryan Suppe interview Critchfield about what happened — and didn’t happen — with proposals that were on her radar for the session.

Beyond Go-On

Most of Idaho’s high school graduates aren’t going to college — at least not immediately. They’re taking different paths, breaking stigmas and challenging the narrative that a four-year degree is the golden ticket to success. Our four-story series breaks down the data, and unveils what they are doing after high school — and why it isn’t college.

Favorite Teachers series

Who’s your favorite teacher? Nearly everyone has an answer to that question, because every year, and in every generation, teachers make a lifelong impact.

Somewhere in Idaho, even as you read this, an English teacher is helping a student feel valued when no one else can. A science teacher is stoking the curiosity of a future biologist. A choir teacher is encouraging a student to use their voice proudly, even when silence seems safer.

Our new, ongoing series will feature Idaho’s favorite teachers.

If you went to school in Idaho and have a teacher you’d like us to recognize, whether still in the classroom or retired, contact editor Jennifer Swindell, [email protected]. We’re looking forward to sharing your stories.

Daisy Rain Martin, Photograph, Courtesy Daisy Rain Martin

Refusing to bend, the Human Rights Educator of the Year will retire early