Month: September 2019

Awarding college credit for military training

“It’s been known for a long time that there is college-level training going on in the military …”

Reclaim Idaho launches education funding initiative

The driving force behind Medicaid expansion wants the state to increase income taxes, bolstering K-12 budgets by more than $170 million a year.

Ybarra budget request includes salary boost for veteran teachers

The state superintendent wants an additional $40 million to keep experienced teachers in the classroom. All told, her budget request includes slightly more than $100 million in new spending.

Attention seniors: College ‘direct admissions’ paperwork is on the way

All Idaho high school seniors are pre-approved for some or all of the state’s two- and four-year colleges and universities. And they can start applying, for free, on Oct. 1.

Superintendent Ybarra’s schedule: Sept. 3-4

The state superintendent’s weekly schedule lists only two events — lasting a total of one hour.

Public hearings show continued public disdain for Common Core

State officials need to make implementing the standards voluntary, or abolish Common Core entirely.

She’s a conservationist, scholar and 14-year-old college student

Pangaea Finn has a remarkable resume because she keeps stocking her “intellectual refrigerator.”

School districts move to adopt uniform emergency language

This fall, students across the Treasure Valley – and the state – will learn the same emergency procedures, in an effort to streamline school safety terminology.