President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to steer large amounts of federal money away from public schools and toward private-school vouchers and other “educational ...

Idaho Education News’ North Idaho reporter Emma Epperly received a competitive award from the nationally recognized Education Writers Association. Epperly was selected for a micro-fellowship, which ...

Trustees at Coeur d’Alene Public Schools maintained their school board leadership Monday evening at their annual meeting. “Hate to break something that’s working,” said Heather Tenbrink as she ...

University of Idaho Executive Director of Tribal Relations Yolanda Bisbee, left, longtime Women’s Center member Kay Keskinen, and Women’s Center Director Lysa Salsbury speak at a campus gathering to ...

This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. Education experts tend to agree on two ...

If you’re a parent, you know the game. Kids will repeat something over and over again hoping you’ll eventually believe it. It may work at home, but it doesn’t work in public policy. The opponents of ...

That’s about 2% more than last school year, and a 42% increase over the past decade. But while Idaho salaries have increased over time, they still don’t compete with those in neighboring states, ...

One of the most important powers secured by Idaho’s constitution is the right of the people to reject and propose laws via a referendum or initiative. The initiative power is subject to conditions set ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a federal order that would have frozen money flowing to grant programs, including those going to schools. The stated purpose of the order, issued Monday ...

When Lakeland School District’s levy failed in November, everyone from trustees to teachers to parents had ideas of how to make the budget work. But it’s the district’s head of finance who has to make ...

Let’s be honest. The push to require Idaho taxpayers to subsidize private and religious schooling is not about “choice.” Experience in voucher states indicates that the great majority of those who get ...

After a lengthy and delayed effort to renew and possibly revamp Idaho’s early literacy exam, the Idaho Department of Education announced it would continue on with the same exam vendor, Istation, which ...