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Idaho lawmakers aim to replace education content standards

March 7, 2022 3:42 PM Associated Press

The Idaho House has overwhelmingly approved two pieces of legislation as part of a process to replace the education content standards for the state’s…

Idaho budget committee OKs $3.4 billion for public schools

March 7, 2022 11:56 AM Associated Press

The Legislature’s budget committee has approved spending $3.4 billion to teach Idaho’s 310,000 K-12 students, money that includes $1,000 bonuses for…

Idaho Superintendent candidate Debbie Critchfield talks about campaign

March 6, 2022 11:30 AM News Team

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)- Three people are running as Republican candidates for Idaho Superintendent of Public Education. Incumbent Sherri Ybarra,…

Student Advisory Council meets with governor, watches lawmakers at work

March 4, 2022 12:43 PM News Team

Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra’s Student Advisory Council held its third meeting Monday with an immersive look at Idaho’s…

Rigby High School students win automotive competition

March 2, 2022 3:41 PM Evan Thomason

On Friday, February 25, Rigby High School automotive students competed at the Webster State Automotive Competition.…

Madison School District seeking $25.5 million bond

March 3, 2022 5:33 PM Rachel Fabbi

The bond would fund three projects: Building a new school for Hibbard Elementary, and remodeling the current school for early childhood and pre-K…

Superintendent Ybarra votes to replace ‘Common Core’ standards

March 4, 2022 3:32 PM News Team

Proposed legislation to adopt new Idaho content standards for math, science and English Language Arts and to replace certification standards for…

Board of Education stays neutral on new content standards

March 3, 2022 3:32 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education decided Thursday against taking a formal position on two legislative proposals intended to replace current K-12…

Rigby High School Student Council brings home award

March 3, 2022 12:39 PM News Team

The Rigby High School Student Council traveled to Boise for the state leadership conference. …

Temple View Elementary achieves Level 1 HRS Certification

March 2, 2022 11:30 AM News Team

Idaho Falls School District 91 announced Temple View Elementary School as the first D91 school to receive Level 1 certification in Marzano’s High…

D91 asks patrons to renew school plant facilities levy

March 1, 2022 10:49 AM News Team

The Idaho Falls Board of Trustees is asking parents and patrons to go to the polls on March 8, 2022, to vote on renewal of the district’s School…

ISU students bring home top prizes at 3MT competition

March 2, 2022 11:23 AM News Team

Idaho State University graduate students brought home both a first place and a People’s Choice award at the statewide 3 Minute Thesis competition…

Idaho bill eyes using public money for private education

February 28, 2022 11:00 AM Associated Press

Backers say a plan to create education savings accounts will help students in kindergarten through 12th grade, but opponents say it’s just another…

Jefferson School District seeking $80 million bond

February 25, 2022 5:20 PM Rachel Fabbi

Jefferson School District 251 is asking for voters to approve a new school bond, which would fund several proposed…

Dads on Duty in Jefferson School District

February 24, 2022 5:31 PM Rachel Fabbi

The new volunteer program brings in dads to bridge the community and schools together, explains Whitney Wagoner, the student safety coordinator for…

Students celebrate FFA Week by driving tractors into school

February 24, 2022 3:08 PM Seth Ratliff

Students at Rigby High School arrived in style…

Superintendent Ybarra seeks re-election

February 21, 2022 3:30 PM News Team

Current State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra announced Monday she will seek re-election this…

College entrance exam won’t be required for this year’s graduates

February 18, 2022 10:33 AM News Team

The State Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to waive Idaho’s requirement that members of the high school Class of 2022 must take a…

High schools will no longer use Holt Arena for football games

February 18, 2022 5:30 PM Linda Larsen

Pocatello, Highland and Century high school fans will be getting a home field advantage next…

Board of Education approves policy making some student fees optional

February 17, 2022 5:17 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education Thursday approved a new policy on student fees at Idaho’s four-year public higher education institutions,…

Utah governor says he’d veto school voucher proposal

February 17, 2022 12:11 PM Associated Press

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is planning on vetoing a school voucher measure advancing through the Republican-majority statehouse.…

Jefferson School District adopts Hope Squad program to help struggling students

February 16, 2022 5:26 PM Braydon Wilson

Jefferson School District 251 is now encouraging their students to lend a hand and an ear for their fellow students. To do so they have implemented…

ISU scholarship campaign raises $17 million in 6 months

February 16, 2022 3:18 PM News Team

Idaho State University has reached $17 million of its $20 million goal thanks to generous donors, friends and…

How teachers unions have changed since the 1980s

February 15, 2022 11:41 PM Stacker

Between teacher strikes and politics, U.S. teachers unions have a long, complex history of forming the modern-day education system. To track these…

Student experience survey results dashboard available

February 14, 2022 12:49 PM News Team

Results from the Idaho State Board of Education’s 2021 Postsecondary Student Experience Survey are now available on an interactive data dashboard…

Child Nutrition Programs director retires after 26 years with SDE; successor named

February 11, 2022 12:41 PM News Team

Dr. Colleen Fillmore, who has overseen nutritious food programs for two generations of Idaho schoolchildren, will retire Tuesday, Feb.…

Superintendent of Public Instruction appoints chief of staff

February 11, 2022 10:59 AM News Team

Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder has appointed Chad Auer as the Wyoming Department of Education’s Chief of Staff.…

New alumni relations leader named at University of Idaho

February 11, 2022 10:59 AM News Team

Vandal alumna and Idaho non-profit leader Amy Lientz joins the University of Idaho as assistant vice president for alumni relations, effective…

Idaho lawmakers consider new civics lesson standards

February 10, 2022 6:00 PM News Team

Our students may soon be learning new civics standards for all grade…

Compass Academy students talking about mental health stigmas

February 10, 2022 3:30 PM Rachel Fabbi

Juniors at Compass Academy in Idaho Falls are raising awareness to stigmas surrounding mental health, through their ‘More than a Stigma’…

Technical Careers High School gets donation for tiny home project

February 9, 2022 4:55 PM Rachel Fabbi

The Idaho Contractor License Review Board and the city of Idaho Falls donated $4,000 Wednesday morning, for materials for students to build a tiny…

Little visits Bonneville County to promote bill to put teachers on state health insurance

February 9, 2022 5:29 PM News Team

Idaho’s governor stopped in Bonneville County Wednesday promoting House Bill…

Little signs bill to put teachers on state health insurance

February 8, 2022 10:26 AM News Team

Governor Brad Little signed legislation to put Idaho teachers on state health insurance…

SDE offers Sources of Strength grants for Idaho elementary schools

February 8, 2022 9:50 AM News Team

Twenty Idaho elementary schools will build their students’ resilience, connections and ability to learn through Sources of Strength this…

Souper Bowl wraps up

February 8, 2022 9:41 AM News Team

For the 17th year in a row, the Idaho Falls School District #91 Souper Bowl took place from January 24 to February…

Frozen pipe forces school closure in Blackfoot

February 6, 2022 10:08 AM News Team

Idaho Science and Technology Charter School will be closed on Monday, February 7th due to flooding from a…

D93 moves to yellow phase next week

February 4, 2022 11:01 AM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 will move to the Moderate Risk phase next week (Feb. 7 – Feb.…

USDA announces updates to school meal nutrition standards to begin in 2022-2023 school year

February 4, 2022 6:40 AM CNN

The Biden administration will implement new updates to school nutrition standards for the coming academic years, the US Department of Agriculture…

Idaho Falls School District 91’s facility plan has full community support

February 3, 2022 3:51 PM Evan Thomason

The survey determined that families, students, and faculty support every proposed renovation of the…

Bill to put teachers on state health insurance clears Senate

February 3, 2022 12:45 PM Associated Press

Legislation to put Idaho teachers on state health insurance is headed to the…

11 largest school districts in the country—and how they’re responding to COVID-19

February 2, 2022 11:41 PM Stacker

Citing data from Niche on the largest school districts in America, HeyTutor researched each district’s policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,…

BYU-Idaho Winter 2022 enrollment figures released

February 2, 2022 4:20 PM News Team

Brigham Young University-Idaho has released its official Winter 2022 enrollment numbers for both campus and…

Most expensive law schools—and what students actually pay

January 31, 2022 11:42 PM Stacker

Testing.org cited data collected by Law School Transparency to identify the 10 most expensive law schools by tuition cost, with the average net…

Madison Junior High wins NASA competition, prepars experiment to go on next launch

February 2, 2022 11:28 AM Braydon Wilson

Science students at Madison Junior High are going above and beyond. A recent academic competion, provided by NASA, titled the TechRise challenge…

Join D91’s Community Dialogue Wednesday to talk facilities

February 1, 2022 11:37 AM News Team

Idaho Falls School District 91 invites parents, patrons, students and staff to take part in a Community Dialogue about the district’s efforts to…

Jefferson School District #251 hoping to help students’ mental health

January 31, 2022 5:59 PM Braydon Wilson

With the ever growing number of screens in the home Jefferson School District #251 is becoming concerned about their students mental health. As such…

2023 Idaho Teacher of the Year nominations accepted through March 14

January 31, 2022 11:17 AM News Team

The State Department of Education is accepting nominations for Idaho’s top teaching honor, Teacher of the…

SDE seeks sponsors for summer food service to children in need

January 28, 2022 5:30 PM News Team

The Child Nutrition Division of the Idaho State Department of Education (SDE) is seeking partners for this year’s Summer Food Service Program,…

TCSD #1 offers school meals at no charge for all children

January 28, 2022 3:49 PM News Team

Teton County Wyoming is cutting way down on food insecurity in the school…

Jefferson School District marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day

January 28, 2022 2:19 PM Rachel Fabbi

Rigby and Madison High Schools brought their Holocaust and pre AP English classes together Thursday, to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day,…

50 college majors that earn the least money

January 26, 2022 11:41 PM Stacker

Stacker researched the 50 college majors that earn the least money, using PayScale’s 2020 College Salary…

Skyline High School closes early due to gas leak

January 27, 2022 10:20 AM Dylan Carder

The Idaho Falls Fire Department reports the high school has been ventilated, and the gas leak isolated.…

D93 to close all schools Friday, stays in high-risk phase

January 26, 2022 5:06 PM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 schools will be closed Friday, January…

D91 approves full-day kindergarten for 2022-2023 school year

January 14, 2022 9:36 AM News Team

After extensive research during the last few months, Idaho Falls School District 91 is planning to offer all day kindergarten in all its elementary…

Risch announces Spring 2022 interns for Washington, D.C. office

January 26, 2022 11:31 AM News Team

The aptitude of a couple local students has caught the attention of a U.S.…

Idaho’s 2021 graduation stats show increase in five-year rate, impact of pandemic

January 26, 2022 9:40 AM News Team

Idaho’s five-year graduation rate is the highest it’s ever been, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra…

SAT will soon be all-digital and shortened from 3 hours to 2

January 25, 2022 10:03 AM CNN Newsource

The SAT taken by prospective college students across the country will go all-digital starting in 2024 and will be an hour shorter, the College Board…

Staff shortage impacts Idaho Falls school

January 24, 2022 5:42 PM News Team

A staff shortage is impacting an Idaho Falls…

Idaho official defends state’s education system to lawmakers

January 24, 2022 5:02 PM Associated Press

A top Idaho education official gave a full-throated defense of the state’s public education system that in recent years has come under attack by…

Masks required in Teton Idaho School District

January 24, 2022 4:30 PM News Team

Masks are again required for all staff in the Teton Idaho School…

House OKs plan to put teachers on state health insurance

January 24, 2022 3:31 PM Associated Press

Legislation to put teachers on state health insurance has cleared the House and is headed to the Senate.…

Rigby BPA qualifies 20 students for state tournament

January 24, 2022 9:52 AM News Team

On Thursday at the Business Professional of America competition, Jefferson Joint School District 251 had 20 students qualify for the state…

Idaho Falls High School Multi-Cultural Celebration

January 21, 2022 6:06 PM Evan Thomason

Idaho Falls High School capped off a week of multi-cultural activities with a celebration in the civic auditorium. Students, faculty, and staff all…

25 oldest colleges in America

January 18, 2022 11:41 PM Stacker

Stacker compiled a list of the 25 oldest colleges in America. From early colonial colleges all the way to the universities formed just…

States with the most highly ranked colleges

January 20, 2022 11:41 PM Stacker

As state education budgets ebb and flow, so do collegiate rankings. Stacker studied Niche’s 2022 Best Colleges in America list to determine which…

Best college in every state

January 20, 2022 11:41 PM Stacker

Stacker dug into Niche’s 2022 Best Colleges in America rankings, which employs data from the Department of Education, including everything from…

Schools close due to staff shortages

January 20, 2022 11:03 PM News Team

All schools in the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District will also be closed Friday due to staffing…

In-person learning to continue in D93

January 20, 2022 9:49 AM News Team

Bonneville School District 93 will be holding a special meeting Thursday. …

2 more schools close due to COVID-19

January 19, 2022 4:08 PM News Team

Two more area schools are closing due to the current surge of COVID-19…

Bonneville School District 93 still in need of substitute teachers

January 19, 2022 11:57 AM Rachel Fabbi

“It’s really important that we have more subs because the reasons for the cancelation (Friday) was because we don’t have enough subs to cover, you…

Wyoming high school graduation rate improved for eighth consecutive year

January 19, 2022 9:47 AM News Team

The Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) announced Wednesday high school graduation rates increased to 82.4% in 2020-21, marking the…

Picture My Future contest student winner announced

January 18, 2022 2:57 PM News Team

A Nampa 11th grader’s dramatic pencil sketch of outstretched hands amid the turmoil of the pandemic is the winner of this year’s Picture My…

Washington students’ test scores drop significantly

January 18, 2022 8:40 AM Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — Washington students took their first state exams last fall since the pandemic began and their scores dropped. The Seattle Times…

CDC’s suggestion to cancel football, band in nearly every US school called ‘unrealistic’

January 17, 2022 12:26 PM CNN Newsource

If the scientists at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had their way, to curb the spread of COVID-19 right now, nearly every US…

Wyoming state superintendent to take Virginia’s top K-12 job

January 14, 2022 12:34 PM Associated Press

Wyoming’s state superintendent of public instruction is resigning effective Sunday to become the head of Virginia’s public school system.…

State Board of Education approves school district trustee zone boundaries

January 14, 2022 12:07 PM News Team

The Idaho State Board of Education Thursday approved plans to rezone school district trustee boundaries in school districts throughout Idaho during…

D93 to close all schools Friday, moves to high-risk phase

January 13, 2022 3:03 PM Rachel Fabbi

Bonneville School District 93 reports all schools will be closed Friday, January…

New York City mayor considering a temporary remote learning option after calling it ineffective last week

January 13, 2022 6:57 PM CNN Newsource

By Mallika Kallingal and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Thursday that he’s in talks with teachers union leadership…

Jefferson School District 251 to be closed Friday

January 13, 2022 5:22 PM News Team

Due to a high number of staff absences, all schools in Jefferson School District 251 will be closed Friday, January 14.…

Madison School District #321 closes school Friday

January 13, 2022 3:42 PM News Team

Madison School District #321 reports all Madison schools will be closed Friday, January 14 due to staff shortages.…

Lawmakers aim to reject, replace Idaho education standards

January 13, 2022 11:39 AM Associated Press

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A panel of Idaho lawmakers has introduced legislation to reject math, science and English standards used to make sure Idaho’s…

ISU researchers awarded nearly $250,000 in CAES Seed Grants

January 12, 2022 11:28 AM News Team

Idaho State University researchers are getting a jump start on their projects thanks to nearly $250,000 in seed…

PCSD25 Board of Trustees welcomes 3 new members

January 12, 2022 9:39 AM News Team

Three new members were sworn into the Pocatello/Chubbuck School District 25 Board of Trustees at Tuesday’s Work Session.…

BYU-Idaho President welcomes back students in a devotional address

January 11, 2022 6:30 PM Braydon Wilson

Students at BYU-Idaho have been back on campus for almost a week. Tuesday marked an official welcome from the University President Henry J. Eyring.…

D91 launches community survey on facilities

January 11, 2022 11:36 AM News Team

Idaho Falls School District 91 has kicked off a months-long community outreach effort to gather input on plans to upgrade and improve D91’s school…

ISU professor honored with Jean’ne M. Shreeve NSF EPSCoR Research Excellence Award

January 11, 2022 10:53 AM News Team

An Idaho State University Chemistry Professor has taken home one of the premier awards for scientists in the Gem…

WDE seeks public comment on proposed performance standards for math and science

January 10, 2022 12:02 PM News Team

The Wyoming Department of Education seeks public comment on the proposed Chapter 10…

D91 announces location of Center for Career Technical Education

January 10, 2022 9:49 AM News Team

Idaho Falls School District 91 plans to locate its new stand-alone Center for Career and Technical Education in downtown Idaho…

Best school districts in Idaho

January 6, 2022 6:33 PM Stacker

Stacker compiled a list of the best school districts in Idaho using rankings from…

USDA pumps $750 million into school meals to counter inflation, supply chain woes

January 7, 2022 12:10 PM CNN Newsource

By Tami Luhby, CNN Schools are not only wrestling with how to educate children amid the surge in coronavirus cases. They are also contending with…

Annual grants available for ID artists, arts educators and arts administrators

January 6, 2022 1:41 PM News Team

The Idaho Commission on the Arts is now accepting applications for all annual…

Water repair lets students out early at Hillcrest, Sandcreek schools

January 5, 2022 2:45 PM News Team

Students were able to go home early at Hillcrest High School and Sandcreek Middle School Bonneville because the city crews could fix water line…

Best private colleges in America

January 4, 2022 11:41 PM Stacker

Stacker compiled a list of the best private colleges in America, using data from Niche released in…

Best public colleges in America

January 4, 2022 11:41 PM Stacker

Colleges and universities are raising tuition to counter inflation so what better time to look at public institutions of learning, where prices tend…

BYU-Idaho starts the new year by welcoming students back to campus

January 3, 2022 1:05 PM Braydon Wilson

Monday begins move in week for thousands of new BYU-Idaho students. Both those starting their university studies and those returning to campus after…

‘Mayoral’ scholarship ready for applications

January 3, 2022 10:07 AM News Team

The third-year for the Pocatello’s “Promise of Tomorrow Mayoral Scholarship” kicks…

Omicron pushes most UW classes online first week of January

December 21, 2021 3:12 PM Associated Press

SEATTLE (AP) — The University of Washington says it will implement remote learning for the first week of the winter quarter in January because of…

Jefferson School District talks about safety measures, student programs 7 months after shooting

December 17, 2021 5:41 PM Rachel Fabbi

“This has been an amazing thing the last few months is that students will now come down to our office and say, ‘I saw somebody look sad today or I…

Schools step up security in response to threats on TikTok

December 16, 2021 5:47 PM Associated Press

Educators have announced plans to increase security in response to TikTok posts warning of shooting and bomb threats at schools around the country…

ISU to honor Graduates at Winter Commencement Ceremony Saturday

December 17, 2021 2:00 PM News Team

Idaho State University will confer 1,290 degrees and certificates at the Winter Commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Dec. 18 in Holt…