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Idaho coronavirus update, 4.6.20: Business group seeks laptop donations
“This project is mission critical to the thousands of students in our state who cannot learn remotely without computers and other devices or internet connections at their homes,” Idaho Business for Education president and chief executive officer Rod Gramer said Monday.
“Most of us don’t have places to go”
For international students at the College of Idaho, coronavirus means isolating on campus, far from their families and homes.
Idaho coronavirus update, 4.3.20: State Board not discussing holding students back due to extended closures
The State Board will meet Monday to consider extending the statewide school closures beyond April. 20.
Idaho Coronavirus update, 4.2.20: SDE assures schools they won’t lose funding due to closures and attendance
“We’re going to have to be flexible and take what I am hoping is a common-sense approach to this,” one SDE official said.
Widespread uncertainty transforms teaching
Schools scramble to reach kids during Gov. Brad Little’s stay-home order.
Analysis: After one long month of March, 2020 resembles 2008
An infusion of federal money will help fill holes in Idaho’s education budget — in the short run. But the recent history is sobering; it took years for education to recover from cuts made during the Great Recession.
School boards switch to virtual meetings
The public must still be allowed to watch or listen.
Idaho coronavirus update, 4.1.20: State cancels high school SAT Day
Education leaders are already pursuing options for juniors to take the SAT in the summer or fall instead.
Superintendent shuffles: A separation deal, a firing and a list of recent hires
Find out who will — and won’t — be leading Idaho’s schools this fall.
Yes, there will be a spring primary. Here’s what to look for.
Let’s take a break from talking coronavirus to talk politics. How will this primary election work? What’s at stake? And who will vote?