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New Teton School District 401 CFO

September 3, 2021 2:36 PM News Team

Teton School District 401 announced Diane Temple has accepted the position of…

Superintendent Ybarra submits fiscal 2023 budget request for Idaho public schools

September 1, 2021 2:58 PM News Team

Boosting Idaho students’ reading readiness, continued support for essential resources for students and improving salaries for teachers and support…

Summer food service program delivers nearly 1 million meals to Wyoming youth

September 1, 2021 10:40 AM News Team

The Wyoming Summer Food Service program for kids, offered through the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE), served nearly one million meals to…

Roberts Elementary Library received $14,900 grant

August 31, 2021 3:47 PM News Team

The Roberts Elementary Library was awarded a grant of $14,900 in Federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, which was granted through the…

Parents say child injured at S. Idaho school, file lawsuit

August 31, 2021 9:41 AM Associated Press

The parents of a former south-central Idaho middle school student have filed a lawsuit against the school district contending a teacher instructed…

Study: Idaho students struggled with hybrid, online learning

August 27, 2021 4:01 PM Associated Press

A new study presented to state officials say students suffered significant academic setbacks during the coronavirus pandemic, especially those in…

Black Canyon Middle School holds ribbon cutting

August 27, 2021 10:14 AM Rachel Fabbi

A ribbon-cutting was held for the new 130,000 square foot school, which will welcome around 900 students when school returns next…

Gov. Little declares 2020-2030 The Decade of Ag in Idaho

August 26, 2021 3:02 PM News Team

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a proclamation Tuesday declaring the decade of 2020-2030 as The Decade of Agriculture in Idaho.…

Rockford Elementary moves to remote learning after COVID-19 outbreak

August 25, 2021 4:33 PM News Team

A small outbreak of COVID-19 has temporarily shut down Rockford Elementary School in the Snake River School…

School districts seeing food shortages from vendors ahead of new school year

August 25, 2021 4:43 PM Rachel Fabbi

“There’s not a question. We will feed kids,” Plain said “We just may have to alter our menu a little…

Back to school in Blackfoot

August 24, 2021 8:26 AM Cole Sams

On Monday, Blackfoot High School freshman arrived on campus to experience their first day as a Bronco.…

School mask mandate ban challenged in new Utah lawsuit

August 23, 2021 12:56 PM Associated Press

A group of Utah parents is suing the state over a law that bans school districts from approving mask…

Idaho State University begins the first day of classes

August 23, 2021 12:03 PM Linda Larsen

Idaho State University students came roaring back to campus Monday for the first day of classes.…

Pay for Idaho teachers lower than neighboring states, new report finds

August 23, 2021 3:32 PM News Team

During the last several years, Idaho has made efforts to increase the pay for our elementary and high school…

NYC announces Covid-19 vaccine mandate for all public school employees, with no testing opt out

August 23, 2021 9:48 AM CNN Newsource

By Artemis Moshtaghian and Eric Levenson, CNN New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Monday that all Department of Education staff for public…

What families are fearful and excited for this school year during Covid-19, poll reports

August 22, 2021 10:48 PM CNN Newsource

By Kristen Rogers, CNN Parents, children and experts are still concerned about children returning to school amid surging Covid-19 cases, the…

Here’s how to prevent your children from refusing to go to school

August 23, 2021 4:27 AM CNN Newsource

By John Duffy, CNN Shortly after school starts every year, I receive calls from concerned parents of teens and tweens indicating that their child…

District 93 still has open positions ahead of school start

August 20, 2021 3:14 PM Rachel Fabbi

Students go back to school in Bonneville Joint School District 93 on August 30, but the school district still has more than 75 positions that need to…

ICCU establishes new professorship in Idaho State College of Business

August 21, 2021 12:00 PM News Team

Idaho State University’s College of Business is announcing its first-even endowed professorship in the Department of Management thanks to the…

Wyoming reports 96.46% participation rate on 2020-21 statewide assessment

August 21, 2021 9:00 AM News Team

Wyoming successfully administered the statewide assessment to 96.46% of its students in spring of…

Free car wash Saturday

August 20, 2021 12:03 PM News Team

Bonneville High School Choir students will be holding their annual Free Car Wash fundraiser this Saturday August…

Idaho 2021 ISAT scores show small decline

August 18, 2021 2:54 PM News Team

The latest statewide results for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test show a small decline in students’ proficiency in English Language Arts and…

Pocatello High School to get new stadium through $1 million partnership with Lookout Credit Union

August 17, 2021 9:57 PM Eric Moon

In a press release Tuesday night, Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 announced Pocatello High School is getting a new stadium through a $1 million…

PCSD25 recommends masks but leaves the decision optional

August 17, 2021 6:12 PM Cole Sams

School districts across the area are deciding on whether to require masks in…

123 Idaho schools to receive fresh fruit and vegetable grants

August 17, 2021 11:47 AM News Team

Students at 123 schools across Idaho will receive free fresh fruit and vegetables during the coming school year thanks to state-administered grants…

No decision yet on masks in Teton County Wyo. schools

August 13, 2021 5:39 PM News Team

The Teton County Wyoming School District says it will wait a little while longer before it makes any decision on masks in the…

Rigby FFA members named national finalists

August 12, 2021 3:12 PM News Team

Rigby FFA and Rigby Middle FFA have members who qualified as finalists in the National FFA Organization Agriscience Fair, Proficiency and National…

University of Wyoming will still require face masks for now

August 12, 2021 12:05 PM Associated Press

LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) — The University of Wyoming will require people to wear face masks indoors through at least Sept. 20. That’s under a plan…

Rising Covid-19 case numbers in classrooms cause school districts to go virtual, change mask rules

August 12, 2021 7:04 AM CNN Newsource

By Mallory Simon, CNN Schools across the country are grappling with growing Covid-19 case numbers, forcing districts to rethink their strategies for…

Doctors call for masks in local elementary schools

August 11, 2021 10:57 AM News Team

A group of local doctors is asking the Idaho Falls School District to make face coverings mandatory for elementary…

D93 to offer free meals to all students

August 11, 2021 11:51 AM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 will be offering free meals to all students for the 2021-2022 school year.…

State Board delays action to accept more public input

August 11, 2021 11:06 AM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education is giving you more time to give your thoughts on its diversity, educational equity and inclusion policy at Idaho’s…

Idaho children to receive free school meals this year, income guidelines set

August 11, 2021 9:45 AM News Team

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering free meals to all children in eligible schools running USDA meal programs for the 2021-22 school…

Marshall Public Library collecting supplies for in-need students

August 9, 2021 12:47 PM News Team

If you’re out shopping for school supplies for your student this year, the staff at the Marshall Public Library are hoping you’ll consider…

More than 400 universities are requiring COVID-19 vaccines. But the murky threat of fake vaccination cards worries some students and experts

August 8, 2021 3:06 AM CNN Newsource

By Neelam Bohra and Justin Lear, CNN Students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill can voluntarily share their COVID-19 vaccine status…

County health director ‘really scared’ about maskless school

August 6, 2021 10:24 AM Associated Press

The school year is days away for many kids in Utah and public health experts are worried about whether kids too young to get vaccinated will stay…

ISU names Dean of College of Health

August 5, 2021 3:53 PM News Team

Teresa Conner was recently named dean of the College of Health within the Kasiska Division of Health Sciences.…

BYU-Idaho fall semester COVID-19 plan

August 3, 2021 3:43 PM News Team

ns for the fall…

D93 COVID Response Plan available for public review

August 3, 2021 9:00 AM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 School Board has approved the COVID Response Plan for this coming school year to be posted for public view on the…

Doctor weighs in on how safe it is to get kids back in school

August 4, 2021 2:50 AM CNN

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…

D93 school board chairman resigns

July 30, 2021 1:01 PM News Team

A local school district will need to find a new school board…

Child cases of Covid-19 are rising as schools gear up to reopen. But vaccines for the youngest are still months away

July 22, 2021 4:41 PM CNN Newsource

By 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…

ICfL Announces $1.8 Million in Federal ARPA Grants to 48 Idaho Libraries

July 19, 2021 4:06 PM News Team

The Idaho Commission for Libraries (ICfL) announced the award of $1.8 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to 48 Idaho…

Idaho SAT scores show small decline

July 16, 2021 4:01 PM News Team

The SAT was taken by 19,713 Idaho 11th graders this spring, down slightly from the 2019 cohort.…

District 93 irrigation problems

July 14, 2021 5:16 PM Evan Thomason

The Bonneville School District has been scrambling to get it’s irrigation…

Summer food service programs available across Wyoming

July 14, 2021 12:45 PM News Team

The Wyoming Summer Food Service program for kids offered through the Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) has already served thousands of meals this…

University of Wyoming proposes cuts, including 75 layoffs

July 13, 2021 5:32 PM Associated Press

The president of the University of Wyoming is proposing several changes and up to 75 layoffs as the university absorbs budget cuts required because…

East Idaho teachers learn how to fly drones, plans to add to STEM curriculum

July 12, 2021 11:51 AM Emma Iannacone

East Idaho teachers are learning how to fly drones so they can implement the technology into their STEM…

Steven J. Lund to speak in online commencement ceremony

July 8, 2021 11:54 AM News Team

Brigham Young University-Idaho will broadcast an online commencement service to recognize the Spring Semester 2021 graduates.…

Little appoints Bill Gilbert to State Board of Education

July 8, 2021 11:36 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little announced his appointment of Bill Gilbert of Boise to the State Board of…

Utah receives final portion of $615M federal school relief

July 8, 2021 11:17 AM Associated Press

Schools in Utah have gained access to an additional $205 million in federal relief after the U.S. Education Department approved plans from several…

Southeast Idaho MATHCOUNTS receives $5,000 grant

July 2, 2021 12:58 PM News Team

The Southeast Idaho MATHCOUNTS Chapter received a grant for $5,000 from Bayer…

Idaho’s Teacher of the Year named to ‘Great Immigrants, Great Americans’ list

July 1, 2021 12:53 PM News Team

Idaho’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…

Idaho K-3 reading tests show decline from pre-pandemic

July 1, 2021 12:32 PM Associated Press

State education officials say the percentage of Idaho students in kindergarten to third grade reading at their grade levels this year fell fell…

BYU-Idaho Education Week to be held online

June 25, 2021 9:00 AM News Team

Brigham Young University-Idaho will hold its annual Education Week conference exclusively online this year.…

Department of Education has let colleges off the hook for $1 billion owed to taxpayers

June 24, 2021 8:16 AM CNN Newsource

The 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…

State Board approves changes to college admissions, access, affordability policies

June 16, 2021 4:36 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education Wednesday approved changes to its policy on minimum college admissions requirements and a second policy intended…

Gonzaga to require COVID-19 vaccines for students

June 11, 2021 3:37 PM Associated Press

Gonzaga University is joining the list of schools that will require students to prove they are vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to participate in…

Idaho district begins summer school to address education gap

June 11, 2021 9:48 AM Associated Press

School district officials in Idaho have started offering a full summer school program to catch up all students who may have fallen behind…

D91 to have late start Fridays

June 10, 2021 11:44 AM News Team

Idaho Falls School District 91 will be moving to late start Fridays in the fall.…

D91 Education Foundation awards $25,000 in college scholarships

June 9, 2021 12:11 PM News Team

The D91 Education Foundation announced the recipients of more than $25,000 worth of college…

IEA names executive director

June 8, 2021 12:29 PM News Team

The Idaho Education Association has hired Paul Stark as executive…

BYU-Idaho to fully reopen for fall 2021 semester

June 5, 2021 9:48 AM News Team

Current health and safety measures, such as physical distancing, campus-wide sanitation, and mask requirements will still be in place at the…

State Board postpones action on state ESSER plan

June 4, 2021 4:25 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education voted Friday to postpone approval of its plan to use more than $146 million in federal Elementary and Secondary…

Boy earns college degree before graduating high school

June 4, 2021 12:43 PM CNN Newsource

Getting through high school is a challenge on its own – but imagine adding college courses, a global pandemic, and a full-time…

CEI releases design concepts for Future Tech building

June 2, 2021 5:19 PM News Team

College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) has released the latest design concepts for its new Future Tech building.…

Idaho family says teacher had students push girl down stairs

June 1, 2021 10:47 AM Associated Press

Parents of a Twin Falls middle school student have filed a tort claim against the school district, contending the girl was injured after a teacher…

Utah committee proposes limits on teaching about race

May 28, 2021 3:14 PM Associated Press

A Utah education committee has proposed new rules around how race is taught in K-12 schools.…

State Board approves construction of ISU Alumni Center, U of I plan to establish daily flights near campus

May 27, 2021 4:12 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education unanimously approved proposals Thursday from Idaho State University and the University of…

Idaho high school students named national cyber scholars, awarded scholarships

May 27, 2021 12:09 PM News Team

After participating in a rigorous 48-hour cybersecurity competition, the National Cyber Scholarship Foundation has named 10 Idaho high school…

COVID-19 outbreak at Idaho high school

May 26, 2021 3:47 PM News Team

A new COVID-19 crisis is rising in Coeur d’Alene’s Lake City High…

ISU accelerated nursing program expands to Pocatello campus

May 26, 2021 1:11 PM News Team

Idaho State University’s Accelerated Bachelor of Nursing (ABSN) undergraduate program is expanding to the Pocatello…

Tennessee bans teaching critical race theory in schools

May 25, 2021 10:50 AM Associated Press

Tennessee is the latest state to ban teachers from talking about certain aspects of race and racism in public schools.…

Idaho Governor’s Cup Scholarship recipients announced

May 25, 2021 10:35 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little announced Monday the recipients of the 2021 Governor’s Cup Scholarships to Idaho colleges and universities.…

Plan released for $440M in Idaho education rescue money

May 24, 2021 4:22 PM Associated Press

Idaho education officials say the state’s primary challenge in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic is helping students make up lost ground due to…

Idaho Falls summer food program to begin Jun 6

May 23, 2021 9:08 PM Emma Iannacone

Students will have access to food all summer long, thanks to community…

Parents, high school counselors using website to help students prepare for life after high school

May 21, 2021 5:30 PM Rachel Fabbi

By looking at which skills can lead to certain careers, users can then see what training is needed for that job McConnell…

‘Sounding it out’ may not work for some children learning to read, brain study finds

May 21, 2021 6:10 AM CNN Newsource

Researchers at Western University have discovered a biological deficit that impairs some kid’s ability to sound words out while learning to…

Superintendent roadshow stops in Idaho Falls

May 20, 2021 5:30 PM News Team

The lessons learned in 2020 by state education leaders will start being applied as schools reopen in the…

The lights are back on: Bonneville High School to perform Freaky Friday

May 19, 2021 11:07 AM News Team

After more than a year of darkness due to COVID-19, the lights are back on in Bonneville High School’s Little…

Bonneville Joint School District 93 levies renewed

May 19, 2021 2:31 PM News Team

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)- Two levies Bonneville School District 93 had on the ballot Tuesday have passed. The two-year $5.8 million supplemental…

PCSD 25 suspends face-covering/mask requirement

May 18, 2021 8:29 PM News Team

The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees took action Tuesday to suspend its face-covering/mask requirement, effective immediately.…

Resident undergraduate tuition will remain flat for second consecutive year

May 17, 2021 5:37 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education approved requests from each of Idaho’s four-year institutions to hold current resident undergraduate tuition…

Idaho Falls School District removes mask mandate

May 17, 2021 12:47 PM News Team

The Idaho Falls School District 91 Board of Trustees has retired its COVID-19 operational plan and dropped its mask mandate for school…

CEI lifts mask and distancing requirements

May 17, 2021 10:45 AM News Team

The College of Eastern Idaho Board of Trustees conducted a Special Meeting Friday to discuss the existing COVID-19 mask and physical distancing…

Bonneville School District 93 reminding people about levies on May 18 ballot

May 16, 2021 2:46 PM Rachel Fabbi

Woolstenhulme 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…

Cloverdale Elementary holds “car show”

May 14, 2021 5:09 PM Rachel Fabbi

As 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…

BYU-Idaho enrollment continues steady, upward growth

May 14, 2021 5:06 PM News Team

Official Spring 2021 Semester enrollment totals at Brigham Young University-Idaho show growth among both campus and online students who are…

2 Wyoming students named 2021 Presidential Scholars

May 13, 2021 6:01 PM News Team

The 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.…

Utah won’t require masks for students last week of school

May 13, 2021 3:30 PM Associated Press

Utah will not require masks in K-12 schools for the last week of the academic year.…

D93 summer food service program beings June 7

May 13, 2021 2:43 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 is gearing up for the Summer Food Service…

Rocky Mountain Middle School announces new mascot

May 13, 2021 10:27 AM News Team

Rocky Mountain Middle School will have a new mascot next…

2 Idaho high school seniors honored as 2021 Presidential Scholars

May 13, 2021 11:47 AM News Team

Students from Moscow and Nampa have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars for 2021, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra announced…

Wyoming lawmakers continue to mull revenue, K-12 deficit

May 11, 2021 5:07 PM Associated Press

Wyoming lawmakers discussed what to do about a $300 million annual K-12 education shortfall amid ongoing reluctance to raise or impose new…

CEI to hold virtual graduation for class of 2021

May 11, 2021 4:03 PM News Team

College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) will hold a virtual 2021 graduation ceremony Thursday, May…

TSD 401 modifies current mask requirements, adopts opening plan for next school year

May 11, 2021 10:24 AM News Team

At its regular monthly meeting Monday, the Teton School District 401 Board of Trustees voted to make masks optional for students and teachers for the…