More money. More variables. Administrators and local union leaders are trying to figure out how to spend a huge increase in K-12 budgets — in hopes of keeping teachers in Idaho classrooms.
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We sent our kids to school today, with trepidation
Our stomachs still turned from Tuesday’s news. Another school shooting. More people dead, mostly young children this time. More families devastated.
Blaine County parent group emerges to support school choice
Push Back Idaho was founded by parents — for parents — and has added over 200 members in a year.
Boise, West Ada to offer limited half-day kindergarten options
Boise will offer half-day kindergarten in only one elementary school. The district says fewer than 20 children are enrolled for the option.
West Ada selects new trustee
David Binetti, a management consultant who last year fought to make masks optional in Idaho’s largest school district, will now fill the district’s vacant Zone 4 seat.
Analysis: The Idaho GOP’s civil war remains unsettled
Mainstream and hardline Republican factions both scored big wins in Tuesday’s elections. The battle for control over the state’s prevailing party will continue.
Analysis: When a primary becomes a purge
Tuesday’s legislative primaries were a bloodbath, with 20 Republican incumbents losing or poised to lose. So, what will the Legislature look like next January?
Critchfield celebrates victory in the superintendent’s GOP primary
She told EdNews Wednesday morning, “I’m relieved and excited.”
Little rolls in GOP primary; Bedke, Labrador, McGrane lead in final state count
Tuesday’s vote brought to an end an often-bitter battle within the Republican Party. Across the state and up and down the ticket, mainstream Republicans and hardline conservatives sought to seize control of the state’s prevailing political party.
Analysis: What the sunshine reports tell us (and don’t tell us) about the election
In the absence of independent polling, campaign finance reports are the closest thing Idaho political junkies have to a black box. But they’re not a perfect tool to predict winners and losers.