State superintendent Debbie Critchfield said the changes should reduce administrative requirements and allow districts and ...

Several speakers providing input to state leaders said Idaho’s current attendance‑based model forces districts to predict the ...

In a fundraising email Friday, Lauren Necochea cited some on-the-ground examples of cuts — but, notably, omitted the Boise ...

Commissioners gave leaders of the school set to open this fall eight days to submit missing contracts or risk revocation of their authorization to open.

Update: This story was updated to clarify that Pocatello-Chubbuck cut four counseling clerk jobs. A previous version said that the district cut four counseling jobs. Public schools across Idaho will ...

One of Boise State University’s campus thoroughfares appears to have a new name. The university plans to rename Cesar Chavez Lane to West Friendship Lane and has submitted the proposal to Ada County ...

The line of 5-year-olds in blue caps and gowns entered the front door of Lit’l Spuds Kampus, where they sat in folding chairs and waved to gushing parents and grandparents. But our kid looked nervous.

Andy Hawes (Photo courtesy Boise School District) The mission of Idaho Education News is to produce independent, comprehensive and thoughtful journalism about public education policy and practice in ...

Use of large language models like ChatGPT began creeping into classrooms in 2023, Notus teachers Christine Striefel and Jess Miller recall. “Those stinkers,” Striefel thought when students’ writing ...

Since its inception in the early 19th century, the American Common School Movement carried a foundational promise. As Horace Mann described it, public education would be “free, universal, nonsectarian ...

Many Idaho families are struggling to find affordable summer programs for their children, according to a study released last week by a national nonprofit that helps children access afterschool and ...

The College of Western Idaho has hired from within to fill its new athletic director’s position. Mahmood Sheikh (College of Western Idaho photo) Hired in September as CWI’s assistant chief advancement ...