By Ben OlsonReader Staff Students in the honors international relations class at Sandpoint High School have their sights set on New York City and are hosting a fundraiser to help pay for the once-in-a-lifetime...
Lake Pend Oreille High School’s historic building to close in 2027 By Soncirey MitchellReader Staff The Lake Pend Oreille School District has recently confirmed its intention to close the 117-year-old Lake Pend Oreille High...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Idaho is building community schools because they work. This evidence-based model is linked to better attendance, fewer disciplinary problems and stronger academic outcomes. But now the Trump regime has canceled...
By Lauren NecocheaReader Contributor Good governance depends on accountability. Idaho just got a hard reminder of why. The nonpartisan Office of Performance Evaluations released a 129-page evaluation of the Idaho Home Learning Academy, a...
By Ryan SuppeIdahoEdNews.org Branden Durst hired an expert witness to testify in court that the West Bonner County School District owes its former superintendent $402,210. Durst last year sued the school district, where he...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Days after a coalition of Idaho public education advocates and individuals filed a lawsuit Sept. 17 challenging the state’s new private education tax credit program, the Indianapolis-based Partnership for Educational...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff Idaho’s controversial private school tax credit program is being challenged in court, with a lawsuit announced Sept. 17 in Boise arguing that House Bill 93 is unconstitutional. According to Idaho...
By Zach HagadoneReader Staff The statewide nonprofit organization Save Our Schools will bring a series of town halls to North Idaho, inviting attendees to learn “about the harms” of House Bill 93, which lawmakers...
The Sandpoint Rotary Club recently delivered a $50,000 check to the Lake Pend Oreille School District to support its “Everyone Graduates a Reader” initiative. The funds were raised from the 17th annual CHAFE 150...
By Reader Staff Local author Gene Bans blurs the line between satire and reality in her recent novel Sips of Hemlock, set in the not-so-distant future in Coeur d’Alene and Spokane schools. The story...
