Doctor weighs in on how safe it is to get kids back in school
Dr. Uzma Hasan discusses with CNN’s Jim Sciutto how safe it is to send children back to school with the Delta Covid-19 variant this…
Continue ReadingDr. Uzma Hasan discusses with CNN’s Jim Sciutto how safe it is to send children back to school with the Delta Covid-19 variant this…
Continue ReadingA local school district will need to find a new school board…
Continue ReadingBy Christina Maxouris, CNN New Covid-19 cases among children are back on the rise after months of declines, just as schools across the United States…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) announced the award of $1.8 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to 48 Idaho…
Continue ReadingThe SAT was taken by 19,713 Idaho 11th graders this spring, down slightly from the 2019 cohort.…
Continue ReadingThe Bonneville School District has been scrambling to get it’s irrigation…
Continue ReadingThe Wyoming Summer Food Service program for kids offered through the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) has already served thousands of meals this…
Continue ReadingThe president of the University of Wyoming is proposing several changes and up to 75 layoffs as the university absorbs budget cuts required because…
Continue ReadingEast Idaho teachers are learning how to fly drones so they can implement the technology into their STEM…
Continue ReadingBrigham Young University-Idaho will broadcast an online commencement service to recognize the Spring Semester 2021 graduates.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced his appointment of Bill Gilbert of Boise to the State Board of…
Continue ReadingSchools in Utah have gained access to an additional $205 million in federal relief after the U.S. Education Department approved plans from several…
Continue ReadingThe Southeast Idaho MATHCOUNTS Chapter received a grant for $5,000 from Bayer…
Continue ReadingIdaho’s 2021 Teacher of the Year has been named to the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s annual list of Great Immigrants, Great Americans, the…
Continue ReadingState education officials say the percentage of Idaho students in kindergarten to third grade reading at their grade levels this year fell fell…
Continue ReadingBrigham Young University-Idaho will hold its annual Education Week conference exclusively online this year.…
Continue ReadingThe federal government has failed to collect more than $1 billion in fines and other money owed by colleges, most of which is owed by for-profit…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Board of Education Wednesday approved changes to its policy on minimum college admissions requirements and a second policy intended…
Continue ReadingGonzaga University is joining the list of schools that will require students to prove they are vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to participate in…
Continue ReadingSchool district officials in Idaho have started offering a full summer school program to catch up all students who may have fallen behind…
Continue ReadingIdaho Falls School District 91 will be moving to late start Fridays in the fall.…
Continue ReadingThe D91 Education Foundation announced the recipients of more than $25,000 worth of college…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Education Association has hired Paul Stark as executive…
Continue ReadingCurrent health and safety measures, such as physical distancing, campus-wide sanitation, and mask requirements will still be in place at the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Board of Education voted Friday to postpone approval of its plan to use more than $146 million in federal Elementary and Secondary…
Continue ReadingGetting through high school is a challenge on its own – but imagine adding college courses, a global pandemic, and a full-time…
Continue ReadingCollege of Eastern Idaho (CEI) has released the latest design concepts for its new Future Tech building.…
Continue ReadingParents of a Twin Falls middle school student have filed a tort claim against the school district, contending the girl was injured after a teacher…
Continue ReadingA Utah education committee has proposed new rules around how race is taught in K-12 schools.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Board of Education unanimously approved proposals Thursday from Idaho State University and the University of…
Continue ReadingAfter participating in a rigorous 48-hour cybersecurity competition, the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation has named 10 Idaho high school…
Continue ReadingA new COVID-19 crisis is rising in Coeur d’Alene’s Lake City High…
Continue ReadingIdaho State University’s Accelerated Bachelor of Nursing (ABSN) undergraduate program is expanding to the Pocatello…
Continue ReadingTennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from talking about certain aspects of race and racism in public schools.…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little announced Monday the recipients of the 2021 Governor’s Cup Scholarships to Idaho colleges and universities.…
Continue ReadingIdaho education officials say the state’s primary challenge in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is helping students make up lost ground due to…
Continue ReadingStudents will have access to food all summer long, thanks to community…
Continue ReadingBy looking at which skills can lead to certain careers, users can then see what training is needed for that job McConnell…
Continue ReadingResearchers at Western University have discovered a biological deficit that impairs some kid’s ability to sound words out while learning to…
Continue ReadingThe lessons learned in 2020 by state education leaders will start being applied as schools reopen in the…
Continue ReadingAfter more than a year of darkness due to COVID-19, the lights are back on in Bonneville High School’s Little…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)- Two levies Bonneville School District 93 had on the ballot Tuesday have passed. The two-year $5.8 million supplemental…
Continue ReadingThe Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees took action Tuesday to suspend its face-covering/mask requirement, effective immediately.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State Board of Education approved requests from each of Idaho’s four-year institutions to hold current resident undergraduate tuition…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls School District 91 Board of Trustees has retired its COVID-19 operational plan and dropped its mask mandate for school…
Continue ReadingThe College of Eastern Idaho Board of Trustees conducted a Special Meeting Friday to discuss the existing COVID-19 mask and physical distancing…
Continue ReadingWoolstenhulme also addressed the idea that the levies will lead to higher taxes. He explains there would not be an increase, due to how much the…
Continue ReadingAs a reward for students who met their accelerated reading goal, students made cars out of boxes, and showed them off at a car show at…
Continue ReadingOfficial Spring 2021 Semester enrollment totals at Brigham Young University-Idaho show growth among both campus and online students who are…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Education announced the addition of Siler Weaver of Evanston and Jessica Petri of Green River to the 57th class of U.S.…
Continue ReadingUtah will not require masks in K-12 schools for the last week of the academic year.…
Continue ReadingBonneville School District 93 is gearing up for the Summer Food Service…
Continue ReadingRocky Mountain Middle School will have a new mascot next…
Continue ReadingStudents from Moscow and Nampa have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars for 2021, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra announced…
Continue ReadingWyoming lawmakers discussed what to do about a $300 million annual K-12 education shortfall amid ongoing reluctance to raise or impose new…
Continue ReadingCollege of Eastern Idaho (CEI) will hold a virtual 2021 graduation ceremony Thursday, May…
Continue ReadingAt its regular monthly meeting Monday, the Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees voted to make masks optional for students and teachers for the…
Continue ReadingThe Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Office is partnering with a new online platform to provide free, small-group tutoring in mathematics for…
Continue ReadingJefferson School District Superintendent Chad Martin announced Friday all schools in the district will also be closed…
Continue ReadingSix outstanding Idaho math and science teachers have been named as the 2021 state finalists for the national Presidential Award for Excellence in…
Continue ReadingUtah’s governor says the state has no plans to renew a mask order for K-12 schools next fall.…
Continue ReadingJefferson School District 251 will not have school…
Continue ReadingA racist promposal sign is going…
Continue ReadingThe Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 is gearing up for the 2021 Summer Food Service Program. …
Continue ReadingThe Pocatello Police Department has cleared the building at Irving Middle School and has determined there is no known ongoing threat.…
Continue ReadingCollege students hesitant to receive a COVID-19 vaccination may need to rethink their decision. As most colleges in the US inch toward the end of the…
Continue ReadingSix members of Idaho’s high school Class of 2021 have been selected as semifinalists for the U.S. Presidential Scholars…
Continue ReadingIdaho elementary schools can apply now to participate in the USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program (FFVP) through Child Nutrition Programs of…
Continue ReadingIf the supplemental levy fails, that means the district will have to consider pay cuts, layoffs, and other cost-saving measures explained…
Continue ReadingNew state budgets for K-12 teacher salaries and higher education were set Tuesday by the Joint Finance-Appropriations…
Continue ReadingThe principal of Jackson Hole High School is being…
Continue ReadingPocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 announced the selection of a new Director of Special Education.…
Continue ReadingA total of 2,111 spring and summer 2021 graduates will receive 2,250 degrees and certificates during Idaho State University spring commencement…
Continue ReadingIdaho State Board of Education President Debbie Critchfield and Board Secretary Kurt Liebich will hold a virtual press conference Thursday at 1 p.m.…
Continue ReadingThe University of Wyoming and Laramie County Community College say they will not require students and employees to receive COVID-19 vaccines before…
Continue ReadingThe Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees updated the existing COVID-19 plan…
Continue ReadingMultiple education budgets have failed in the House because of concerns over what students are being taught in the…
Continue ReadingDespite concerns that the pandemic would drive many teachers away and exacerbate a longstanding teacher shortage in the state, more Utah teachers…
Continue ReadingBonneville School District 93 schools will be in the ‘low risk level’ next week (April 19 – April…
Continue ReadingLara Hill, the chairman for the board of trustees, said they are excited to have…
Continue ReadingBy unanimous vote, the Idaho State Board of Education has voted to hold in-state undergraduate tuition and fees at current levels for the 2020-21…
Continue ReadingA local playground is set for a makeover, with your help. And a new addition will come to…
Continue ReadingThe House on Tuesday rejected legislation to pay $1.1 billion to Idaho’s K-12 teachers amid concerns about what is being taught in…
Continue ReadingPocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 will host the Class of 2021 high school graduation at Holt Arena on the campus of Idaho State University.…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Board of Trustees announced it has successfully concluded contract negotiations with Dr. James Shank.…
Continue ReadingThe Senate Education Committee killed Idaho Falls Representative Barbara Ehardt’s Sex Education Bill that had already passed the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Board of Trustees held a special meeting Thursday morning and voted 5-0 to extend an offer to Dr. James Shank to be D91’s new…
Continue ReadingBrigham Young University-Idaho winter-semester commencement exercises will once again be held online on Thursday, April 8. …
Continue ReadingVideo games are becoming serious business at Blackfoot High School.
Back in March, Blackfoot was selected to be one of 25 schools nationwide to…
The Idaho Falls School Board met in special session Monday morning to discuss its options for selecting a new Superintendent.…
Continue ReadingIdaho lawmakers have introduced a bill that would fully fund all-day kindergarten programs in the…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Board of Trustees is resuming its search for a new…
Continue ReadingUniversity of Wyoming trustees plan to allow substantially more in-person classes, sports and activities on campus this fall if the coronavirus…
Continue ReadingAt a recent school board meeting, the Madison Board of Trustees unanimously voted for Assistant Superintendent Randy Lords to be the district’s new…
Continue ReadingIdaho State University Honors College students will honor the wishes of their late fellow students by helping to increase the pool of potential blood…
Continue ReadingAfter 37 years working in public education with the last 20 serving as Superintendent of Madison 321, Dr. Geoff Thomas has announced he will be…
Continue ReadingThe Idaho State University Debate Team of Kaden Marchetti and Colter Barker captured the National Championship in Public Forum debate at the Pi Kappa…
Continue ReadingWyoming lawmakers are working on competing proposals to address a projected $300 million shortfall in K-12 education funding over the next two years…
Continue ReadingREXBURG, Idaho (KIFI) – Madison High School’s new Bobcat Fieldhouse is a game-changer. The Bobcats will be able to use their indoor facility…
Continue ReadingIdaho State University will receive more than $320,000 from the United States Department of Agriculture to support the installations of distance…
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