1+ week, 6+ day ago   (603+ words) North Idaho business leaders spent Tuesday morning getting schooled on Idaho’s K-12 funding formula by state superintendent Debbie Critchfield. Critchfield joined Post Falls, Lakeland, and Coeur d’Alene superintendents to discuss “How Idaho public schools are funded and why it matters…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (429+ words) (BOISE) – Last year when I was pressed to identify cuts to our public schools, I declined. I knew schools couldn’t sustain mid-year cuts, let alone ongoing reductions. When I submit a K-12 public school budget, it comes after months of…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (483+ words) The Kootenai County prosecutor’s office said last week there’s no update on a complaint that the Lakeland School Board again voted on an unnoticed agenda item. EdNews filed the complaint last month after trustees voted on “Item E” following a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (380+ words) Voters on Tuesday elected Andy Hawes to serve a four-year term on the Boise school board. Hawes received 2,430 votes, or 50.93%, to candidate Kirt Naylor’s 2,341 votes, or 49.07%. Just 3.9% of registered voters participated in Tuesday’s election. This will be Hawes’ second time…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1607+ words) Three Idaho charter schools provide vastly different paths to getting students down the graduation line. Students at Valor Classical Academy follow a set of six virtues, including self-government and perseverance. A student wants to be a mom when she grows…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (480+ words) With a federal grant of nearly $8 million, Boise State University will head a statewide research project — focused on taking microelectronics beyond cellphones and computers and into harsh, extreme settings. The research could have implications for aerospace, energy and defense. “This…...

3+ week, 1+ hour ago   (299+ words) Idaho’s college savings program celebrated its 25th birthday last week with a new name, a new website and a milestone: $1.1 billion in assets for Idaho families to pay for education expenses. The new name, Idaho Education Savings Program(opens in new…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (305+ words) The Idaho Department of Insurance filed a petition Friday asking the Fourth District Court to take control of the financially troubled Idaho School Benefit Trust. The civil filing comes after the department found the trust to be insolvent, and determined…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1376+ words) Leann Hubbard said she’s never seen such a large unexpected, unbudgeted financial obligation. The business manager for Lewiston Independent School District said the district’s estimated share of the Idaho School Benefit Trust’s $13 million shortfall is over $1 million. Like every other…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (262+ words) In June, Senator Dave Lent and I traveled the state to hear from Idahoans about what’s important to them when it comes to funding our K-12 public charter schools and districts. We came out of those talks with concrete themes…...