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网页At $685 million, it could be the largest and most polarizing transaction in Idaho higher education history. The U of I insists the deal will be a moneymaker. But Phoenix, a for-profit online giant with an enrollment of 85,000 students, is saddled with a checkered history and a tarnished reputation. Idaho Education News’ Kevin Richert has ...
Open enrollment: a law that won lofty praise but will likely have ...
网页Idaho students can essentially attend any public school in the state, according to a new law that goes into effect July 1. Advocates of Senate Bill 1125 — the first rewrite of Idaho’s open enrollment law in three decades — are extolling it as progress toward greater student equity, parent empowerment, and school choice.. The law is an “end to school zoning discrimination” according ...
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网页Record number of Idaho schools are offering full-day kindergarten, and more are pushing to expand preschool access. Nearly 90% of the state’s traditional school districts are offering full-day kindergarten this year.
School trustees' legislative proposals call for more state funding …
网页Carly Flandro | 09/09/2024. This fall, Idaho school trustees will consider a legislative platform dominated by calls for more public school funding, and punctuated by controversial — if expected — stances like support for early childhood education and opposition to state funding for private or religious schooling.
They’re back! Most Idaho schools open their doors - Idaho …
网页They’re back! Most Idaho schools open their doors. The return from Spring Break this week for the majority of Idaho students also comes with a return to full in-person instruction. Students in Idaho’s largest districts spent the winter months in either a hybrid or remote learning model, which will change in the coming weeks.
Student enrollment is down for the first time since the pandemic
网页Student enrollment is down statewide for the first time since the height of the pandemic — the only other time in the past decade that a decline has been recorded. There are about 1,500 fewer students in Idaho schools this fall, bringing the total enrollment number to about 312,900 — down from about 314,400 in 2022-23. Year. Enrollment.
Education wins this legislative session - Idaho Education News
网页Idaho’s public education system scored several wins during the 2022 legislative session concluded this week. As president of the Idaho State Board of Education, I’d like to thank the legislators and Idaho Gov. Brad Little for making historic investments in our students, our schools and institutions and in the dedicated educators throughout our state who keep our system running while ...
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网页This story originally was published at BoiseDev.com. Four years after the tensions of 2020 began and the fallout from Big City Coffee leaving its short-lived Boise State University location, attorneys are finally facing off in the courtroom. On Thursday, lawyers stood before the jury on the second day of the trial between Big City Coffee and….
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网页The mission of Idaho Education News is to produce independent, comprehensive and thoughtful journalism about public education policy and practice in Idaho. Idaho Education News is a public awareness service where parents, patrons, educators and lawmakers can find the most useful information on issues that affect Idaho’s children and their future.
Four trends push an opportunity to change education in Idaho
网页Four major trends in education and innovation impact the state’s 320,000 public school students. These trends will also likely drive the state’s conversation and debates in coming years. These trends, and what they mean for Idaho and its children, should be front in center of the minds of lawmakers as they redesign Idaho’s school funding ...