The grant program would only partially address a growing special education funding shortfall. But the request could run into harsh realities, as Idaho faces its most serious budget crunch in five years.| Idaho Education News
Over the past 30 years, I’ve worked in nearly every corner of Idaho’s education system—teaching in classrooms, leading Catholic and public schools, and serving as a superintendent through times of growth, hardship, and everything in between. Schools anchor our communities, especially in places like Kimberly where our school district is the city’s largest employer. Right […]| Idaho Education News
Mental health advocates say state law requiring parental consent for medical treatment provided to children limits care they can legally provide.| Idaho Education News
Justice has youth, promise, strength, beauty, unpredictability, and menace.| Idaho Education News
Idaho school districts will receive $180 million to offset local, voter-approved property taxes. That's an increase from last year — but considerably less than the 2025 Legislature earmarked for property tax relief.| Idaho Education News
The University of Idaho has spent $16.8 million on its failed bid to acquire the University of Phoenix. Payments from the for-profit school appear to have covered the U of I’s costs, making the publicly funded university whole, with a small bit of cushion.| Idaho Education News
Charter schools fared well while virtual schools fell behind their brick-and-mortar counterparts.| Idaho Education News
Just over half of public school students were proficient in English language arts and most lacked proficiency in math.| Idaho Education News
The IRI, which assesses early literacy skills in kindergarten through third grade, is more than just another test.| Idaho Education News
Idaho ranks last in the nation in physicians per capita, and state-subsidized medical school seats won’t solve the problem alone. Idaho-based training for medical school students is another part of the puzzle.| Idaho Education News
After a surge in enrollment and state funding, the online learning platform is facing questions from lawmakers that could lead to policy changes next year.| Idaho Education News
Tax Foundation estimates cost of implementing the GOP and Trump’s mega law could be $167M| Idaho Education News
A national consulting firm is looking at “the need for a state-owned medical school in Idaho.” Idaho State is paying $100,000 to get the answer.| Idaho Education News
Boise State will start planning for budget cuts of up to 6% next year — or nearly $8.1 million. The state has already cut $4 million from this year's university budget.| Idaho Education News
The second North Idaho case confirms the disease is circulating in the region.| Idaho Education News
IDE announced the hiring of Andrea Dearden as director of communication, replacing Scott Graf.| Idaho Education News
Every family, regardless of zip code or income level, should have the ability to choose what works best for their children.| Idaho Education News
The $50 million program sets aside 20% for low-income families.| Idaho Education News
Rep. Judy Boyle says the abrupt appointment was unrelated to the pending tax credit bill.| Idaho Education News
INSIDE: Vote on Blaine Amendment repeal delayed, and a much-anticipated bill to subsidize private school tuition made its first appearance Tuesday.| Idaho Education News
Both bills would offer private schoolers and home-schoolers up to $5,000 — one through a tax credit and the other through grants.| Idaho Education News
Salaries are decided at the local level and several factors are at play. ALSO INSIDE: Details on what’s happening in West Ada, Coeur d’Alene and Pocatello.| Idaho Education News
INSIDE: Look up the average teacher salary at your district or charter.| Idaho Education News
Salary Data TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR SALARIES Search by individual with last name or partial name, or search salary lists by district or charter. DISTRICT AVERAGES Distrct/CharterTeacher Contract …| Idaho Education News
The Idaho Home Learning Academy quietly grew its enrollment to 8,000 and its budget to $55 million a year. IHLA’s lackluster test scores and unorthodox business model have finally caught legi…| Idaho Education News
The 2023 and 2024 financial audits are long overdue, and the district still needs to plan for cutbacks.| Idaho Education News
Voter Guide | 2024 Primary Races We asked candidates about their most important education priorities and where they stand on controversial education issues dividing the Legislature: school choice a…| Idaho Education News
Six-term Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, faces two high-profile primary opponents: Bryan Smith, a GOP national committeeman with Idaho Freedom Foundation ties; and Sean Coletti, mayor of the neig…| Idaho Education News
The bill died despite a Democrat’s last-minute effort to revive it.| Idaho Education News
Leaders of the Legislature’s hardest-working committee say they are trying to work smarter this year. Skeptics say the changes will shortchange Idahoans who care about how the committee spend…| Idaho Education News
In 173 days, mainstream and hardline Republicans will square off for control of the Legislature. At its essence, this is a debate over the proper role of government, in education, infrastructure an…| Idaho Education News
This week’s debate over a controversial school choice bill provided insight into how Idahoans look at their local schools, and education’s role in society.| Idaho Education News
Volunteers knocked on hundreds of doors and called thousands of voters to successfully recall two trustees.| Idaho Education News
The Idaho Department of Education opened the investigation in April after receiving four separate student complaints.| Idaho Education News
A new forecast says the state will be in a budget hole as tax cuts and revenue shortfalls slash its bottom line.| Idaho Education News
While K-12 education is exempt from this round, Superintendent Critchfield instructed schools to brace for cuts.| Idaho Education News
School funding and budgets are complicated and nuanced. One feature, determined following an annual audit, is a fund balance.| Idaho Education News
Boise State University is growing its enrollment, breaking fundraising records and rising in national stature. But fiscal realities and political pressures will take some of the sparkle off of the open president's job.| Idaho Education News
That truth remains today. School choice already exists, and families are free to pursue it.| Idaho Education News
The uncertainty over funding and federal mandates reminds some leaders of the pandemic.| Idaho Education News
The scholarship has allowed more students to opt into something after high school.| Idaho Education News
In other business Wednesday, the State Board approved University of Idaho's proposal for a new graduate degree in nursing, based in Coeur d'Alene.| Idaho Education News
This isn’t a voucher and it’s not a duck — it’s a victory for families and a model for the nation.| Idaho Education News
An endowment would provide need-based $2,000 scholarships for 3,000 students, Interim President Jeremiah Shinn said Wednesday.| Idaho Education News
With educators providing support, everything we need to teach them to fish for themselves is there.| Idaho Education News
The holdback plans could play a role in legislative budget considerations moving forward.| Idaho Education News
Molly Lenty — who is in the middle of her second term on the volunteer CWI board — on Tuesday announced that she will seek the open Garden City mayor’s post.| Idaho Education News
Maria Greeley, who served for more than a decade, is moving out of the country.| Idaho Education News
Public schools, by far the state's largest public lands endowment beneficiary, will receive nearly $72.4 million next year. That will be a 6.1% increase.| Idaho Education News
Martha Smith and Rayne Martinez have propelled themselves to the highest levels of student leadership.| Idaho Education News
Judges in Wyoming, Utah strike down programs — at least for now. South Carolina's retooled after court rules it unconstitutional.| Idaho Education News
Our academic curriculum is designed to prepare students for real-world success.| Idaho Education News
"It is humiliating, distracting, and exhausting to try to make it through the day as a college student without having proper access to restrooms,” said the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, Atlas Jones, a transgender student at Boise State University.| Idaho Education News
Whether they use Yondr to secure devices or send students to their lockers, educators are finding that setting policy is easy. Enforcement is hard.| Idaho Education News
Some of this uncertainty about the tariff tax increases may clear up soon.| Idaho Education News
The cuts come after $453 million in tax cuts, enacted in recent months.| Idaho Education News
The 4-0 court ruling focused on timing and legal standing — not the larger and lingering constitutional questions surrounding student fees.| Idaho Education News
INSIDE: See which school districts had the most exemptions.| Idaho Education News
The effects of a legislative change in funding are illustrated by two small Idaho districts.| Idaho Education News
Journalist Emily Hanford spoke about “the science of reading” and why some kids are getting left behind.| Idaho Education News
The training, which will now extend to all Idaho K-3 teachers, is evidence-based with a focus on phonics.| Idaho Education News
District could welcome up to 400 online students from across North Idaho.| Idaho Education News
A 2024 merger between Istation and Amira Learning will improve the vendor’s offerings, State Superintendent Debbie Critchfield said.| Idaho Education News
Standardized tests in Idaho make quite the alphabet soup: There’s ISAT, IRI, AP, SAT, PSAT and NAEP exams.| Idaho Education News
House Bill 93 — Idaho’s new education choice program — is already shaking things up. And that’s a good thing.| Idaho Education News
Amid low state revenue and canceled federal grants, Idaho library group might spend less than Legislature allocated.| Idaho Education News
Run by Branden Durst, Brabeion Academy will operate under unique concepts, including hybrid virtual instruction, occasional gender segregation and an athletic focus.| Idaho Education News
A larger legal battle continues. INSIDE: A rundown of what happened in the past week, and what could happen next.| Idaho Education News
Our students deserve an education that prepares them for citizenship.| Idaho Education News
Legislative Services Office auditors did not look for evidence of criminal wrongdoing — deferring to the attorney general's office.| Idaho Education News
Shalene French announced plans to retire in the summer of 2026.| Idaho Education News
In a $50 million tort claim, a Boise mother says the district and Hillcrest Elementary School staff failed to protect her 8-year-old son, who was attacked while he was in third grade.| Idaho Education News
SMART is a voluntary two-year teacher training that started in 2021.| Idaho Education News
Eight of Idaho’s 11 online schools with available scores showed a decrease in proficiency from fall to spring, a trend that goes against in-person school norms.| Idaho Education News
Idaho has lowest MMR vaccination rate in the United States.| Idaho Education News
There is good reason to believe that some legislators voted for the bill with the intention of benefitting from its provisions.| Idaho Education News
Little also ordered spending limits because of lagging revenue and major tax cuts that allow for “slight growth” only.| Idaho Education News
Idaho has no plan — and no money — to remodel an education database that has never lived up to its potential. Here’s an exclusive look at what went wrong.| Idaho Education News
West Bonner, Avery are the latest school districts to start an online school.| Idaho Education News
Idaho’s most at-risk students still struggle to read at the same level as their peers.| Idaho Education News
See where the highest percentages of students are reading at grade level.| Idaho Education News
Idaho’s K-3 students have exceeded pre-pandemic reading rates for the first time, according to results from a spring statewide reading exam.| Idaho Education News
The rainbow colors and progressive symbols accompanying these messages make their political purpose unmistakable.| Idaho Education News
One trustee said her vote was an ‘easy yes’ because the policy complies with a new state law on classroom displays.| Idaho Education News
In an inaugural meeting Friday, lawmakers announced the launch of an online portal where citizens can report ‘duplication, waste and inefficiencies.’| Idaho Education News
After protests, the board pivoted on a plan to close Bruneau Elementary. But leaders must still grapple with an enrollment drop from 625 students to about 250.| Idaho Education News
The decision could have broader implications for Idaho’s ongoing debate over public funding for private schools, most of which are religious.| Idaho Education News
In a first look at House Bill 93’s new program, the Tax Commission explained which expenses are eligible and how the application process will work.| Idaho Education News
Fernwaters Public Charter School received a $3.25 million from the USDA’s Rural Development office to build a permanent K-8 campus.| Idaho Education News
Jim Brown, former Hagerman superintendent, argues he was unfairly disciplined for showering at school.| Idaho Education News
Residents of Grangeville, Kooskia, and Elk City will have the final say in a vote planned for May.| Idaho Education News
The new proposal walks back one section, which would have required colleges and universities to offer success centers “dedicated to all students.” A State Board vote is expected Wednesday.| Idaho Education News
In a one-vote swing from last legislative session, the Revenue and Taxation Committee sent a refundable tax credit proposal to the full House.| Idaho Education News
Tony’s admiration of courageous elected officials was not confined to members of his own party.| Idaho Education News
What’s the difference between a school voucher and an education savings account? Check out our guide that translates the jargon used in the school choice movement.| Idaho Education News
Call it a classic engagement gap. Gov. Brad Little received only 47 phone calls and emails on an anti-DEI bill — mostly from Idahoans urging a veto. By contrast, Little’s office reported receiving …| Idaho Education News
After 25 years in the making, public charter schools serve 30,000 students and 11,000 more wait to attend.| Idaho Education News
Supporters say the bill strikes a balance between supporting charter schools and holding them accountable.| Idaho Education News
