Idaho Education News

13/06/2025

Peace Valley's principal credited the Increased Charter Support program, which connects struggling schools with consultants and mentors and provides additional state funding.

Also Thursday, the Public Charter School Commission launched its search for a new director and renewed a notice of fiscal concern for a Blackfoot school.

13/06/2025

The ICfL is also laying off four staff members, as it braces for budget reductions in its Talking Books Services program.

12/06/2025

Analysis: Boise State University’s stakeholders want many of the same things in a new president. Here’s what Idaho Education News learned through a public records request.

Boise State University’s stakeholders want many of the same things in a new president. Here’s what Idaho Education News learned through a public records request.

11/06/2025

A student-athlete faced race-based discrimination on a high school girls’ basketball team, the claim alleges.

11/06/2025

Also Monday, trustees punted a vote on whether to continue charging fees to play on Caldwell sports teams.

State policymakers this year directed school districts to implement salary minimums. That will cost Caldwell $2 million.

11/06/2025

Tuesday’s endorsement isn’t much of a surprise, since Gov. Brad Little has been currying President Donald Trump’s favor for months. But the timing says a lot about the state of the 2026 election.

Tuesday’s endorsement isn’t much of a surprise, since Gov. Brad Little has been currying President Donald Trump’s favor for months. But the timing says a lot about the state of the 2026 election.…

10/06/2025

INSIDE: Get the details on how the board will salvage $1.59 million and what the cuts will mean for students and staff.

10/06/2025

But on education metrics — reading and math scores, graduation rates and pre-K enrollment — Idaho ranked No. 40 nationally.

But that’s an aggregate score, based on 16 metrics used by the Annie E. Casey Foundation. Digging deeper, Idaho’s scores landed all over the map.

09/06/2025

It’s unclear why Labrador outsourced the case. But the move predates the $2.5 million suit, filed in April.

Joan Callahan, a Boise attorney, will represent Boise State administrators in a $2.5 million civil lawsuit. It’s unclear why Attorney General Raúl Labrador outsourced the case.

05/06/2025

With little discussion — and acting on the U of I’s request — the State Board of Education drew the two-year courtship to a close Thursday.

With little discussion — and acting on the U of I’s request — the State Board of Education drew the two-year courtship to a close.

05/06/2025

The complaint alleges that the Blaine Amendment — as applied in this case and on its face — violates First Amendment religion and speech protections.

A Middleton church that rented a public school’s gymnasium claims its First Amendment rights were violated when the lease was cancelled.

05/06/2025

Analysis: The timeline and the cost of the search are fluid. And it will be a while before any candidates' names are public.

It might be the most important public hire in Idaho this year. Yet the search for Boise State University’s next president is cloaked in intrigue.