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School Choice: An ongoing journey for one Idaho family
This begins a series of stories featuring families who choose different ways to educate their children, from charter to traditional to home and private schools.
First round of reading test exemptions impacted more than 1,300 learners
INSIDE: See which school districts had the most exemptions.
4-H offers Idaho students credits for out-of-school learning
Program coordinators say their biggest challenge has been communicating the opportunity to existing 4-H families, other students, and school districts.
Supreme Court will rule on Idaho’s transgender athletics ban
It’s unclear when the Supreme Court will hear arguments on Idaho’s first-in-the-nation ban, passed in 2020. The ruling figures to be a landmark moment in the national debate.
CWI pursues ‘no-cash’ acquisition of Nampa’s Idaho Center
The 100-acre property includes a main arena, with a seating capacity of about 12,200; a 10,500-seat outdoor amphitheater; and a horse park and sports center for equine events.
GOP resolution calls for partisan school board elections
“Nonpartisan elections fail to provide voters with clear information about the moral and political stances of candidates,” reads the resolution, approved during the GOP state central committee’s annual summer meeting in June.
Attorney general: ‘Everyone is Welcome Here’ sign cannot be displayed in Idaho schools
The sign violates a new law that prohibits the display of flags or banners have a political viewpoint, according to an Idaho attorney general’s office opinion obtained by EdNews through a public records request.
Valley View parents sue Boise district, alleging sexual abuse
The district now says it has received seven tort claims directly or indirectly related to Gavin Snow, a former special education assistant who took his life in January. Tort claims are precursors to civil suits — like the lawsuit filed Thursday.
Analysis: An online school mushroomed during the pandemic — and lawmakers slept through it
The Idaho Home Learning Academy quietly grew its enrollment to 8,000 and its budget to $55 million a year. IHLA’s lackluster test scores and unorthodox business model have finally caught legislators’ attention.
New York teenagers paint an Idaho-inspired mural at their school
“We hope that it will be a source of strength and support for our community,” one of the students wrote.