Declining enrollment
McMillan Elementary’s declining enrollment prompts decommission vote in November
Parents want to keep the school open, but West Ada staff explained it is just 36% full and expected to lose more students.
Kevin Richert's analysis
Higher ed’s course catalogs are growing — but how much growth is Idaho willing to bankroll?
Education Technology
‘We don’t have data’: Kuna to evaluate student screen time
Cops in college
CEI graduates first class of detention officers
School board business
Pocatello-Chubbuck rejects 4-day week, semester schedule change
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