School funding bill nearly ready
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Next week could be the ticket for lawmakers to get their first look at a long-anticipated school-funding bill.
Idaho Education News reports that a bill …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Next week could be the ticket for lawmakers to get their first look at a long-anticipated school-funding bill.
Idaho Education News reports that a bill …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
Idaho student debt may be below the national average, but it’s still costing students a pretty penny.
Idaho Education News reports that at $26,675, Idaho …
By Marcia Wilson
Reader Contributor
What do you think about education in Idaho? The Panhandle Alliance for Education wants to know, and has just launched a community survey to help …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Idaho Senate Education Committee voted Feb. 22 to approve proposed science standards in full, despite the House committee’s request to remove parts of the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
The Idaho Senate Education Committee addressed proposed science standards Wednesday afternoon, marking the latest in the controversy of minimizing climate change in required Idaho …
Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff Writer
In her July 20 lecture as part of a Reclaim Idaho Call to Action at the Panida, Sandpoint-born Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson reflected on …
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