This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. Education experts tend to agree on two ...

One of the persistent criticisms thrown at Idaho public charter schools in the Legislature and elsewhere is that “charters were supposed to be laboratories of innovation for traditional public schools ...

Trustees at Coeur d’Alene Public Schools maintained their school board leadership Monday evening at their annual meeting. “Hate to break something that’s working,” said Heather Tenbrink as she ...

University of Idaho Executive Director of Tribal Relations Yolanda Bisbee, left, longtime Women’s Center member Kay Keskinen, and Women’s Center Director Lysa Salsbury speak at a campus gathering to ...

Public schools are in dire need of grassroots support. This legislative session brings with it at least two bills to spend your tax dollars on private schools, without any accountability or ...

POCATELLO — Parents and community members spoke out against a possible school closure and redrawn boundaries at an emotionally-charged public hearing Wednesday night. District leaders, who face ...

If you’re a parent, you know the game. Kids will repeat something over and over again hoping you’ll eventually believe it. It may work at home, but it doesn’t work in public policy. The opponents of ...

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Idaho’s slowly climbing high school graduation rate reached a 10-year zenith of 82.3% last spring. It’s a modest improvement over the class of 2023’s 81% graduation rate, but good news in a state ...

When Lakeland School District’s levy failed in November, everyone from trustees to teachers to parents had ideas of how to make the budget work. But it’s the district’s head of finance who has to make ...

Idaho Education News’ North Idaho reporter Emma Epperly received a competitive award from the nationally recognized Education Writers Association. Epperly was selected for a micro-fellowship, which ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a federal order that would have frozen money flowing to grant programs, including those going to schools. The stated purpose of the order, issued Monday ...