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Charter commission approves ‘final’ Gem Prep school
Gem Prep Caldwell will be allowed to open roughly three miles northwest of the Vallivue School District’s Ridgevue High.
Idaho faces a CTE gap — affecting rural schools and rural communities
Career-technical education is booming. But it’s growing unevenly. In bigger districts, students have more opportunities. In small towns, offerings are limited.
Coeur d’Alene donates portables to wildfire-damaged Washington district
“This is obviously a very good feel-good story,” said Trustee Lisa Aitken. “And I’m happy we’re doing it as well.”
Emmett High’s dome days may be numbered
Engineers say the quirky structures that make up the school need $24 million in repairs. Some residents would rather have a new, normal school building.
Reading proficiency decreases slightly in first year of new assessment
Students this past school year took the twice-a-year reading assessment on a new platform that requires kids to speak their responses into a microphone instead of picking from multiple-choice answers.
ISAT scores see growth but fall short of state goals
The test doesn’t affect students’ grades, but lawmakers, schools and parents use the scores as a measurement of Idaho’s K-12 performance.
‘We’re pretty flush:’ Endowment payments climb for K-12, higher education
Public schools, by far the largest state endowment beneficiary, will receive nearly $81.9 million next year. This is a 13% increase, but still a small fraction of K-12 spending.
Idaho’s top insurance regulator knew school trust was in trouble before it ran out of money
Dean Cameron told the state superintendent that the Idaho School Benefit Trust had been “walking a tight line” for as long as he could remember.
‘There’s no more critical point in time:’ Kane returns to U of I to head its law school
A longtime Statehouse fixture, Brian Kane is heading up a growing law school — and he sees potential for outreach beyond its Moscow and Boise campuses.
Hahn hires former colleague to new Boise State administrative post
University president David Hahn decided to “repurpose” one management job — to create space to hire a chief public and external affairs officer.