Education Archives

Utah university votes to pursue dropping ‘Dixie’ from name

December 14, 2020 4:25 PM Associated Press

A university in Utah voted Monday to move forward with an effort to drop “Dixie” from its name – an example of the nation’s reexamination of the…

PCSD25 school board trustees facing possible recall

December 11, 2020 5:59 PM Linda Larsen

The countdown is on for three members of the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of…

University of Wyoming close to reinstating spring break

December 11, 2020 2:07 PM Associated Press

A new proposal by the University of Wyoming’s administration would reinstate a spring break that was previously…

Teachers of the Year call for responsible COVID-19 policy

December 8, 2020 9:04 AM News Team

“Teachers of the Year” have penned an open letter to Idaho communities, school districts, and state leadership.…

Survey shows people narrowly prefer Phantoms to Bison for new PHS mascot

December 7, 2020 5:46 PM Emma Iannacone

The least favorite option is the Pocatello Thunder with a thunder mascot.…

Falcon Food Pantry helping hungry CEI students in need

December 6, 2020 6:04 PM Chelsea Briar

The College of Eastern Idaho now has a Falcon Food Pantry on campus to assist students who may be struggling with food insecurity.…

ISU names interim Provost

December 4, 2020 1:26 PM News Team

Idaho State University President Kevin Satterlee has announced the appointment of Dr. Karen Appleby as interim Provost of the university. …

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

December 3, 2020 5:46 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

BYU-Idaho slates virtual commencement

December 3, 2020 10:51 AM News Team

Brigham Young University-Idaho will broadcast an online commencement ceremony for Fall Semester 2020 graduates beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday,…

TSD 401 students return to in-person learning

December 2, 2020 10:28 AM News Team

Until further notice, Teton School District 401 students will be back in school, in-person full time…

ISU names interim College of Technology dean

December 2, 2020 8:50 AM News Team

Debra Ronneburg has been named interim dean of the Idaho State University College of Technology.…

Teton School District students head back to schools Monday

November 29, 2020 3:44 AM News Team

Teton School District #401 students will return to the classroom Monday, after the county’s COVID-19 ranking…

ISU goes remote for remainder of semester

November 25, 2020 6:28 PM Emma Iannacone

As planned, Idaho State University is returning to remote learning for the remainder of the fall…

Local school district in need of bus drivers

November 23, 2020 5:02 PM Emma Iannacone

Covid-19 is complicating an already short bus driver supply, making it difficult for the district to fulfill the transportation needs of 8,400…

ISU extends business degree to Associate Degree holders

November 20, 2020 2:11 PM News Team

Idaho State University’s College of Business has won approval to offer a fully online completion degree for people holding an Associate of Science or…

D93 to allow 10 spectators at winter events and activities

November 19, 2020 10:00 AM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 Superintendent Dr. Scott Woolstenhulme announced in order to comply with public health orders, the district will be…

PCSD seeks feedback about Pocatello High School mascot selection

November 18, 2020 3:18 PM News Team

The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees are seeking additional public feedback regarding the selection of a new mascot for…

Local first responders train at ISU’s new Disaster Response Complex

November 17, 2020 6:17 PM Emma Iannacone

Local first responders trained at Idaho State University’s new Disaster Response Complex on…

High school youth stand to benefit from CEI early college programs

November 15, 2020 9:39 AM Chelsea Briar

College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) Early College Programs offer students the opportunity to earn college credits and industry certifications while still…

Shakespeare in Masks: ISU theatre performs for small, virtual audiences

November 14, 2020 8:48 PM Emma Iannacone

The Idaho State University theatre department is finding ways to perform during the…

Idaho’s 2nd-largest school district goes online-only, again

November 13, 2020 2:14 PM Associated Press

The Boise School District board voted unanimously on Thursday to move students to online learning after the Thanksgiving break.…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

November 13, 2020 12:08 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

Idaho Falls and Lewiston colleges announce agreement

November 12, 2020 9:05 AM News Team

Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston and College of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls say a new agreement may help more students move from an associate…

Blackfoot School District looks to address overcrowding

November 11, 2020 4:48 PM Bre Clark

Blackfoot School District No. 55 officials will hold a virtual meeting Thursday night to present a new school…

Job Corps enrolling now at CEI

November 11, 2020 3:34 PM Chelsea Briar

Community colleges all over the state recently upgraded to include a Job Corps program on all…

Local food drive collects 12,710 cans of food

November 11, 2020 10:19 AM News Team

Local students donated 12,710 cans of food during the month of October.…

Utah teachers urged to call in sick, get coronavirus tests

November 11, 2020 9:36 AM Associated Press

A group of Utah teachers has organized an event to encourage educators across the state to call in sick and use the day off to get tested for the…

Teton District 401 moves to new schedule Wednesday

November 10, 2020 3:06 PM News Team

Tuesday was a “regular” school day in Teton Valley District 401, but schedules will change Wednesday. …

Dual enrollment opportunities available to Idaho high school students

November 9, 2020 4:42 PM News Team

High school students throughout the state of Idaho can enroll in dual enrollment courses from Idaho State University to earn college credits at a…

BYU-Idaho students may have better transportation coming soon

November 9, 2020 11:47 AM Ariel Schroeder

The Rexburg City Council discussed the potential implementation of a transit system.…

CEI aims to help parents stay in college through child care grant

November 8, 2020 2:17 PM Chelsea Briar

The U.S. Department of Education awarded College of Eastern Idaho (CEI) a $120,000 child care grant.…

Utah voters pass big change to how education is funded

November 6, 2020 5:33 PM Associated Press

Utah voters have approved a major structural change to how schools are…

PCSD 25 secondary hybrid schedule adjusted

November 6, 2020 9:44 AM News Team

Earlier this week, the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees directed a survey to be sent out to staff and families.…

Idaho State University COVID-19 case numbers down again

November 6, 2020 12:30 PM Linda Larsen

Idaho State University is again going the opposite direction of the rest of the state when it comes to positive cases of…

Idaho higher education enrollment is down

November 6, 2020 10:36 AM News Team

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – When the public health crisis began last spring, early projections suggested college enrollment in Idaho and nationwide…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

November 5, 2020 1:04 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

Black Canyon Middle School principal named

November 5, 2020 12:54 PM News Team

Craig Miller has been selected as the principal for Black Canyon Middle…

D93 board approves changes to reopening plan

November 5, 2020 12:49 PM News Team

The Bonneville School District School Board approved changes to the district’s reopening plan Wednesday.…

Provost Woodworth-Ney announces plans to leave ISU

November 5, 2020 10:55 AM News Team

Executive Vice President and Provost Laura Woodworth-Ney announced her plans to leave Idaho State University and pursue other career opportunities.…

“Future Tech Learning Center” coming to CEI

November 4, 2020 11:37 AM Chelsea Briar

College of Eastern Idaho has been awarded a $1.2 million Economic Development Administration grant to design and build a 90,000 square foot career…

Strong Families, Strong Students program deadline set for Friday

November 3, 2020 10:58 AM News Team

Due to the overwhelming response from Idaho families applying for Governor Brad Little’s Strong Families, Strong Students program, the Office of…

PCSD 25 to continue current schedule for first 6 weeks of second trimester

November 3, 2020 10:29 AM News Team

The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees took action Monday to continue the current instructional model for at least the first six…

Fourth-graders meet IF Mayor to learn election process

November 2, 2020 5:33 PM Ariel Schroeder

Before Tuesday’s historic elections, there are still lessons to be learned about the political…

Multi-million dollar public-private partnership approved at University of Idaho

November 2, 2020 5:23 PM News Team

BOISE, Idaho (KIFI/KIDK) – The Idaho State Board of Education approved a $225 million public-private partnership (P3) agreement between the…

From left, participants in the Chernobyl trip included Jennifer Regguinti, Brooke Johnson, Mackenzie Gorham, Zachary Malkisch, Marcus Fisk and Kristie Collier.

ISU students attend operations training at Chernobyl in Ukraine

November 2, 2020 9:43 AM Cole Sams

Five students from the Idaho State University College of Technology Nuclear Operations Technology Program were given the opportunity to travel to…

Idaho State University professor Henry Oh wins 2020 U.S. Professor of the Year award in Health Sciences

ISU professor Henry Oh named U.S. Professor of the Year

November 2, 2020 9:01 AM Cole Sams

Idaho State University College of Technology Health Occupations Department Chair and Clinical Professor Henry Oh was recognized as U.S. Professor of…

TCSD #1 surpasses 100,000 meals served

October 30, 2020 1:29 PM News Team

Teton County School District #1 announced this week it served its 100,000th free meal since March…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

October 29, 2020 5:29 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

ISU opens distance learning classrooms at area high schools

October 29, 2020 11:44 AM News Team

Thanks to new distance learning classrooms, Blackfoot, Fort Hall, Malad and Rockland high school students can now take Idaho State University courses…

District 93 riding budget roller-coaster

October 28, 2020 12:27 PM News Team

Bonneville School District #93 auditors report COVID-19 had a number of different impacts on district operations this year. The fiscal year ended…

Rendezvous Upper Elementary serves as pilot project for COVID-testing

October 28, 2020 9:58 AM Chelsea Briar

On October 19, Kristin Weston, principal of Rendezvous Upper Elementary School in Driggs, announced to her staff that they have the chance to…

Students compete in food drive to help local families

October 27, 2020 12:29 PM News Team

Students donated more than 6,000 cans of food so…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

October 22, 2020 6:01 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

Idaho program to help students with education needs

October 20, 2020 11:10 AM News Team

The State Board of Education has approved a third-party contract to facilitate a new “Strong Families Idaho program.…

ISU undergraduate enrollment down, graduate enrollment up

October 22, 2020 11:34 AM Cole Sams

Idaho State University’s total student enrollment for the Fall 2020 semester is 11,786, a 7.5% decline in undergraduate students and a 6.9%…

Board of Education approves partial wavier of senior project graduation requirement

October 21, 2020 6:15 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education voted Wednesday to extend a partial waiver of the Board rule requiring high school seniors complete a senior…

CEI to use grant for new career and technical facility

October 21, 2020 1:39 PM News Team

College of Eastern Idaho has been awarded a $1.2 million Economic Development Administration grant to design and build an 80,000 square foot career…

Pocatello High School mascot selections narrowed down

October 20, 2020 4:01 PM News Team

Pocatello High School is moving forward with the selection of a new mascot.…

Idaho Education Association launches anonymous health hotline for educators

October 20, 2020 1:27 PM News Team

Educators across Idaho will now be able to anonymously report situations and activities that put the health of educators and students at risk.…

Rare nuclear reactor at ISU gets big upgrade

October 20, 2020 10:51 AM Emma Iannacone

Idaho State University is celebrating a big upgrade to their incredibly rare nuclear…

Idaho OKs contract to distribute low-income education money

October 20, 2020 10:02 AM Associated Press

Idaho has approved a contract with Florida-based vendor ClassWallet to distribute $50 million in federal coronavirus emergency money to low-income…

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Idaho experiencing “shecession” as local moms take brunt of economic crisis

October 19, 2020 3:01 PM Emma Iannacone

Moms are taking the brunt of the economic crisis, leading some to call this a…

No class Monday in West Ada district due to teacher shortage

October 19, 2020 9:54 AM Associated Press

A school district in Idaho has canceled school Monday due to a teacher shortage after hundreds called out in sick in protest of in-person instruction…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

October 15, 2020 5:59 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

October 8, 2020 5:33 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

Bengals invited to participate in Holt Arena History Walk

October 8, 2020 1:08 PM News Team

All Bengals and the public is invited to commemorate 50 years of the most iconic building on Idaho State University’s campus with the Holt Arena…

D93 transportation suspended for secondary schools until Oct. 13

October 4, 2020 7:44 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme announced Sunday the district does not have enough bus drivers to drive all the bus…

Driggs Elementary School to reopen Monday

September 29, 2020 11:28 AM News Team

Driggs Elementary will welcome its students back to school on Monday, Oct. 5, as planned. The school had been closed on Wednesday and Thursday of…

Governor’s Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee directs another $6 million to higher education

October 2, 2020 1:27 PM News Team

The Governor’s Coronavirus Financial Advisory Committee (CFAC) voted Friday to direct another $6 million in federal relief funds to higher…

Superintendent explains District 91 board decision

October 2, 2020 11:56 AM Chelsea Briar

In District 91, 126 students are currently self-isolating under parental guidance and 290 and have been ordered to self-quarantine by the school…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

October 1, 2020 5:49 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

Eames Complex dedication set Friday

October 1, 2020 9:03 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little and ISU President Kevin Satterlee will be among those on hand Friday for the formal dedication of the Eames Innovation Complex.…

District 91 high schools to move to hybrid schedule

October 1, 2020 8:22 AM News Team

Idaho Falls, Skyline, and Compass Academy schools will move into a Stage 3/Yellow hybrid schedule beginning October…

BYU-Idaho warns of campus closure if COVID-19 cases increase

September 25, 2020 5:24 PM News Team

Brigham Young University Idaho has issued a warning of a potential campus closure if COVID-19 cases continue to…

ISU COVID-19 cases jump

September 25, 2020 4:48 PM Linda Larsen

Idaho State University saw a big jump in COVID-19 cases this week, almost doubling the numbers from last…

D25 recall effort gaining ground

September 25, 2020 5:40 PM Linda Larsen

An effort is gaining ground to recall three board members from the Pocatello/Chubbuck school…

PCSD 25 to release COVID-19 weekly case status report

September 25, 2020 4:12 PM News Team

Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 has introduced a weekly COVID-19 case status report on its website.…

COVID-19 hits Teton school district hard

September 25, 2020 2:39 PM News Team

The Teton School District #401 is reporting that 77 of its students and staff are currently in quarantine due to…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

September 24, 2020 5:22 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

Fairview Elementary School recognized as National Blue Ribbon School

September 24, 2020 3:35 PM News Team

Fairview Elementary School in the Bonneville Joint District was recognized as an Exemplary High Performing School, among Idaho’s highest performing…

K-12 enrollment in Utah drops by 2K students amid pandemic

September 23, 2020 11:21 AM Associated Press

Enrollment at public schools in Utah has declined as the coronavirus pandemic pushes some parents to homeschool their children and make other…

Jefferson School District revises Back-To-School plan

September 23, 2020 9:54 AM News Team

Jefferson School District 251 Superintendent Chad Martin announced the board of trustees revised the district’s Back-To-School plan at an emergency…

Free breakfast, lunch for all PCSD 25 students

September 21, 2020 3:31 PM News Team

Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Food Service has been approved for a USDA waiver allowing all learners enrolled in the district to receive free…

Idaho school districts vary widely in COVID-19 transparency

September 21, 2020 12:30 PM Associated Press

Idaho school districts vary widely when it comes to letting the public know about coronavirus cases in…

Compass Academy student tests positive for COVID-19

September 18, 2020 5:26 PM News Team

A Compass Academy student has tested positive for…

Unhappy parents mount school board recall effort

September 18, 2020 4:49 PM Linda Larsen

Immediately after Friday morning’s Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 board meeting finished, Jessie Ward, Troy Sutton and Brandi Clark, members…

Share a memory of a favorite teacher on social media to raise money for student scholarships

September 18, 2020 5:56 PM Linda Larsen

We all have memories of that favorite teacher who made learning come alive for us.…

University of Wyoming faces $42.3M budget cut over 2 years

September 18, 2020 11:48 AM Associated Press

The University of Wyoming is developing plans to address a $42.3 million budget cut over the next two years because state revenues are declining due…

D25 to continue current school schedule

September 18, 2020 11:10 AM News Team

The Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees held a special meeting Friday to reassess the Roadmap to the 2020-2021 School…

Madison District 321 reports COVID-19 infections; extends harvest break

September 18, 2020 11:16 AM News Team

Eastern Idaho Public Health has reported three cases of COVID-19 within the Madison School…

D93 schools to stay in Phase 2 next week

September 17, 2020 5:27 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will stay in Phase 2 next…

Locals rally to support full class, sports, optional masks

September 16, 2020 5:08 PM Emma Iannacone

Locals attended a rally at the Portneuf Wellness Complex on Wednesday to share their grievances with the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District’s…

Free breakfast, lunch for White Pine Elementary and STEM Academy students

September 16, 2020 10:10 AM News Team

Effective immediately, all White Pine Elementary and White Pine STEM Academy students are now eligible for free breakfast and/or…

Bonneville High School closed Wednesday and Thursday due to COVID-19

September 15, 2020 4:36 PM News Team

Bonneville School District Superintendent Scott Woolstenhulme announced an emergency closure of Bonneville High School Wednesday and…

Idaho committee OKs $150 million for education funding

September 15, 2020 4:43 PM Associated Press

A committee helping oversee Idaho’s $1.25 billion share of the federal government’s $2.2 trillion coronavirus rescue package on Tuesday approved…

Blackfoot School District students diagnosed with COVID-19

September 15, 2020 3:16 PM News Team

Blackfoot School District Superintendent Brian Kress and Southeastern Idaho Public Health announced two students in the district were recently…

Idaho Falls and Jefferson schools clear free breakfast-lunch program

September 14, 2020 2:25 PM News Team

USDA has approved a waiver clearing the path for Idaho Falls School District 91 and Jefferson District 251 students to be eligible for free breakfast…