Sherri Ybarra

Wilder superintendent files against Ybarra

Jeff Dillon has named a campaign treasurer — a precursor to running against incumbent state superintendent Sherri Ybarra in the May 2018 GOP primary.

Ybarra rips media coverage of DeVos

“I went through exactly what she’s going through,” Ybarra told Chuck Malloy of Idaho Politics Weekly, in a column posted Monday.

Ybarra rural schools bill sails through committee

State superintendent Sherri Ybarra says the $300,000 pilot could stretch local education dollars. “Do we really want to send our rural districts back to the ballot box for more property taxes?”

Ybarra, school groups welcome new federal education law

Education leaders voice support for easing of federal compliance mandates, increased state-control offered in No Child Left Behind replacement.

Ybarra to seek second term as schools chief

One year into her four-year term, Ybarra announced that she will seek reelection in 2018.

Ybarra vows to fight for school funding

Ybarra says lawmakers won’t have to chose between funding education or cutting taxes.

Key education groups praise Ybarra’s budget proposal

Sherri Ybarra kicked off the funding discussion earlier this month, but look for the budget-setting process to really heat up when the Legislature reconvenes Jan. 11.

Report card: Ybarra responds to outside audit of her office

CCSSO auditors praise Ybarra’s vision to run a service agency and her staff’s skill, but identify several other challenges, saying her staff does not feel it has appropriate contact with her.