UPDATED: Supreme Court sides with Labrador on Phoenix lawsuit
(UPDATED, 2:22 p.m., with details from the ruling and comments from the State Board of Education and the University of Idaho. UPDATED, 3:06 p.m., with comment from Raúl Labrador.)
After a turbulent start, state makes a change on Empowering …
(UPDATED, 11:36 a.m. Thursday, with clarification on the State Board of Education’s 2023 review of Empowering Parents, and the state’s demands for interest from Odyssey.)
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The 2025 legislative session opens Monday, with private school choice and a host of other education issues on the agenda. To set the stage, Kevin Richert and Ryan Suppe interview three leading education lobbyists: Matt Compton of the Idaho Education Association; Paula Kellerer with Idaho Business for Education; and Quinn Perry from the Idaho School Boards Association.
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New graduation requirements clear a key hurdle - IDAHO EDNEWS
Idaho is one step closer to updating its graduation requirements — for the first time in more than a decade.. The State Board of Education approved the proposed changes Wednesday. If the Legislature signs on next winter, the new requirements would affect Idaho’s graduating class of 2028, this year’s ninth-graders.
No stranger to change, Whitworth takes a high-profile (and …
From a Central Idaho ranch to Idaho State University to GOP politics to the state's controller's office. Joshua Whitworth's circuitous career path has taken him to the top job at the State Board of Education.
Statewide enrollment is slightly up compared to last fall
Idaho’s K-12 public school enrollment numbers are slightly higher than they were last fall, according to state data. That continues a trend of enrollment numbers increasing since the 2022-23 school year, when student numbers started to pick up again after the pandemic.
A popular unknown: Shortening the school week expands across …
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The four-day school schedule was once an anomaly, restricted to rural schools in Idaho and other Western states. This fall, about 100,000 Idaho’s students will attend a four-day school, and the Nampa School District will be the largest district to adopt the schedule.
Energy efficiency incentives benefit Boise and other Idaho schools
The Boise School District has earned national recognition as a leader in energy efficiency. Recently, it was named one of the top 60 school districts in the U.S. for sustainability and indoor air quality as part of the Energy Class Program, a competitive program from the U.S. Department of Energy and New Buildings Institute to further sustainability and indoor air quality efforts.
UPDATED: Empowering Parents grants are on the way, despite …
Nearly 8,000 families have gotten word that they will qualify for a share of the education grants. Nearly 15,000 applications are in the pipeline.