The accuser originally gave the state until 5 p.m. today to resolve the claim.
Slowly, a school funding formula rewrite takes some shape
A legislative committee is talking about ditching Idaho’s old funding formula for an enrollment-based model. Here’s what that could mean for students and schools.
Education news around Idaho
This week’s briefs feature kids who will speak at the Boise Film Festival, an Idaho School Boards Association celebration and students raising money for Hurricane Harvey victims.
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Horman rules out run for state superintendent
In New Mexico, another heated debate over science standards
Magic Valley districts fill vacancies with unlicensed teachers
Colorado issues its own college completion goal
Jefferson County administrators consider banning classic novel
The prospect of banning a book in this East Idaho district fueled a social media firestorm this week.
Raul Labrador: Education deserves more vision from governor’s office
“If we’re going to take some of the credit then I think we need to take some of the blame at the governor’s office,” gubernatorial candidate and U.S. Rep. Raul Labrador said this week.
Ousted Ybarra spokesman accused of sexual harassment and racial discrimination
Dan Goicoechea resigned from the State Department of Education on Monday, the same day a tort claim was filed against him by a former colleague at a different state agency.
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New scholarship created in honor of Gov. Cecil Andrus
‘Co-op’ model could solve underlying problems in higher education
Ybarra’s new spokesman leaves after one month on the job
Dan Goicoechea, Ybarra’s deputy of government affairs and spokesman, resigned on Monday.
Emergency levy bill exceeds $10 million
At least 12 growing districts across the state will collect emergency levies. Last year’s emergency levies totaled $9.1 million. Unlike other levies, emergency levies do not require voter approval.
Church missions continue to drag down Idaho’s first-year college go-on rates
Students in East Idaho are more likely to go on a two-year mission right out of high school, which affects first-year college go-on rates.
Target 2025? Task force presses reset on the ’60 percent goal’
Gov. Butch Otter’s higher education task force wraps up its work by rethinking the state’s much-touted — but elusive — college completion goal.
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Horman rules out run for state superintendent
Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, is a key Statehouse figure on education topics. She will instead run for a fourth term in the Legislature.
In New Mexico, another heated debate over science standards
New Mexico’s education department has edited the standards’ wording on evolution and climate change, to the chagrin of science teachers and environmentalists.
Magic Valley districts fill vacancies with unlicensed teachers
As Idaho grapples with an ongoing teacher shortage, Magic Valley schools are filling vacancies through alternative routes — and, in some cases, by hiring unlicensed teachers.
Colorado issues its own college completion goal
While Idaho wrestles with its “60 percent” postsecondary completion goal, Colorado wants 66 percent of its adults to hold a degree or postsecondary certificate.
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Educators, community members and students share their opinions about Idaho education.
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New scholarship created in honor of Gov. Cecil Andrus
The Idaho Governor’s Cup Scholarship program founded in 1974 by Andrus broke fundraising records this year.
‘Co-op’ model could solve underlying problems in higher education
The secret sauce is very simple – university students spend their school career alternating between full-time school semesters and full-time work semesters.