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Boise schools were sole ‘target’ of lawmaker’s indoctrination search
Rep. Priscilla Giddings’ asked for equity-focused teaching materials from the Boise School District via a public records request on May 26. No other districts received a similar request, records show.
Two districts could lose millions from tax overhaul
But rising home values may erase the deficit for Boise and Lewiston schools.
Feds hand down equity-focused rules for coronavirus relief spending
The new rules are meant to prevent states from cutting funding in districts that are receiving a larger share of per-pupil funding from the feds, effectively zeroing out built-in equity measures.
New program looks to connect school counselors
Just before the coronavirus pandemic struck Idaho, state education leaders took on a sizable task: connecting dozens of college and career readiness advisors across more than 80,000 square miles. The result? The Next Steps Idaho Ambassador program.
ISBA rep leaves indoctrination task force, decrying ‘partisan campaigning’
Idaho School Boards Association President-elect Jason Knopp reproached the task force’s composition and the way it carried out its recent inaugural meeting.
Legislator pushes student survey on history teachings via her Facebook page
The survey’s goals and methodology are ambiguous, though Rep. Nichols’ post says the survey will study curriculum in Idaho schools.
Indoctrination task force talks social justice, stirs dissent in first meeting
Committee members catalogued stories of indoctrination in U.S. schools, wrote down their understandings of what critical race theory is and listened as hardline conservatives leveraged critiques against alleged left-leaning curricula.
Education indoctrination task force members: updated list and bios
Members include an Idaho Freedom Foundation employee, a charter school leader who pushed to use the Bible in public schools and a reverend who appears to be a North Idaho evangelical Christian leader.
School elections: Bonneville levy reruns succeed, two recalls fail
East Idaho voters overwhelmingly OK’d a pair of levy renewals last night, but funding requests like an Emmett bond issue — meant to bankroll a new high school and gymnasium — were killed.
Advocates scratching their heads as unapproved preschool grant lingers
As lawmakers withdrew from Idaho’s capital city Thursday — at least temporarily — the fate of a much-debated $6 million early education grant remained in question.