Education

Rigby FFA members joined nearly 70,000 other participants at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis, IN in October.

Idaho educators working in rural or underserved school districts or charter schools are now able to apply for funding to help pay student loans or costs of additional education such tuition for a master’s degree.

The latest scores in the National Assessment for Education Progress (NAEP) provide some encouraging news for Idaho as schools continue working to boost student achievement in mathematics and reading.

The freshman class entering University of Idaho this fall is the largest in the recorded history of the university.

The latest statewide results for the Idaho Standards Achievement Test show students’ scores in English language arts are back at pre-pandemic levels, while results in mathematics are markedly better than last year’s and come close to 2019 scores.

The Idaho State Board of Education learned Thursday the number of vacant teacher openings statewide are about a tenth of what they were last spring, but the majority of vacancies that continue to exist are in hard to fill positions such as Special Education, Math and Science.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra visited Treaty Rock Elementary Thursday morning to surprise third-grade teacher Karen Lauritzen with a $1,000 check, balloons and the prestigious title of Idaho’s 2023 Teacher of the Year.

Idaho seniors with outstanding academic achievement set to graduate between January and August of 2023 are encouraged to apply for the 2022 – 2023 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program.

Companies and individuals interested in offering goods or services on the Empowering Parents online marketplace can now submit applications.

For the third year in a row, U.S. News & World Report named University of Idaho the top public higher education institution in the West on its list of Top 50 Best Value colleges.

The State Department of Education, in partnership with NASA Aerospace Scholars, is offering Idaho 11th graders the chance to explore a future in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and aerospace careers.

The United Way of Southeastern Idaho has received $20,000 from Idaho Future Fund in the Idaho Community Foundation for preschool scholarships for children in American Falls. 

The Idaho State Board of Education approved draft legislation for more than a dozen proposals including permanently shifting to enrollment, rather than daily attendance as the basis for calculating public school funding on Wednesday.

The Idaho State Board of Education announced Tuesday it intends to make Empowering Parents grant applications available to Idaho families in mid-September.