After a turbulent start, state makes a change on Empowering …
Jan 10, 2025 · A new vendor will distribute the popular education grants — and could receive up to $600,000 for the work. The state’s previous vendor had a rocky two-year record heading the program.
Principal apprenticeship program gets the green light
Jan 8, 2025 · Idaho educators will soon have a new pathway to becoming principals. But it’s not an easier one. Under a new principal apprenticeship program, candidates would have to meet the same requirements as their traditional counterparts.
A monumental day for education choice in Idaho
Jan 6, 2025 · The first day of the 2025 Legislative Session in Idaho may well be remembered as the day education choice took a giant step forward. Mountain States Policy Center was honored to host the education choice policy forum in the Lincoln Auditorium at the capitol, attended by 160+ legislators, lobbyists, citizens and business owners.
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The 2025 legislative session opens Monday, with private school choice and a host of other education issues on the agenda. To set the stage, Kevin Richert and Ryan Suppe interview three leading education lobbyists: Matt Compton of the Idaho Education Association; Paula Kellerer with Idaho Business for Education; and Quinn Perry from the Idaho School Boards Association.
Analysis: In a staring match over DEI, the universities blink
Jan 10, 2025 · (UPDATED, 11:50 a.m., with details on U of I Faculty Senate resolution in support of DEI programs.) Soon after the State Board of Education began talking about restricting diversity, equity and inclusion programs on campuses, Nick Koenig and other University of Idaho students began fanning out.
Analysis: Prop. 1 becomes the election of the year, and the GOP …
Jan 10, 2025 · There’s only so much political oxygen to go around. And this year, one Idaho election has taken up almost all the oxygen: Proposition 1. A sign paid for by the Idaho Republican State Central Committee at the intersection of Eagle Road and Fairview Avenue in Meridian encourages Idahoans to vote no on Proposition 1.
New graduation requirements clear a key hurdle - IDAHO EDNEWS
Jan 10, 2025 · Idaho is one step closer to updating its graduation requirements — for the first time in more than a decade.. The State Board of Education approved the proposed changes Wednesday. If the Legislature signs on next winter, the new requirements would affect Idaho’s graduating class of 2028, this year’s ninth-graders.
Idaho schools ranked from best to worst - Idaho Education News
Jan 10, 2025 · *This rate lags the other reporting indicators by two years **This is the percentage of first-time seniors who ever, in grades 9-12, participated in advanced opportunities; received industry-recognized certifications; or participated in recognized high school apprenticeship program s. The data above is turned into a number, called a composite value, that can be as high as 100 or as low as 0.
Prop. 1 would transform Idaho elections - idahoednews.org
Jan 7, 2025 · One of the most closely watched elections in Idaho in 2024 may not involve any candidates or political parties. Instead, Idahoans across the state are following Proposition 1, the ballot initiative that seeks to repeal Idaho’s closed party primary elections.
While teacher retention rates are higher, long-term workforce …
Jan 7, 2025 · Teacher retention data by the numbers, 2023-24 school year. 16,275: The number of Idaho teachers who returned to the classroom 18,350: The number of Idaho teachers 79%: The percentage of teachers who returned to their school last school year 82%: The percentage of teachers who returned to their district last school year 88.7%: The percentage of teachers who returned to an Idaho classroom last ...