President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that aims to steer large amounts of federal money away from public schools and toward private-school vouchers and other “educational ...

Idaho Education News’ North Idaho reporter Emma Epperly received a competitive award from the nationally recognized Education Writers Association. Epperly was selected for a micro-fellowship, which ...

This story first appeared at The 74, a nonprofit news site covering education. Sign up for free newsletters from The 74 to get more like this in your inbox. Education experts tend to agree on two ...

The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded a federal order that would have frozen money flowing to grant programs, including those going to schools. The stated purpose of the order, issued Monday ...

Let’s be honest. The push to require Idaho taxpayers to subsidize private and religious schooling is not about “choice.” Experience in voucher states indicates that the great majority of those who get ...

When Lakeland School District’s levy failed in November, everyone from trustees to teachers to parents had ideas of how to make the budget work. But it’s the district’s head of finance who has to make ...

That’s about 2% more than last school year, and a 42% increase over the past decade. But while Idaho salaries have increased over time, they still don’t compete with those in neighboring states, ...

SANDPOINT — Leadership shifted on the Lake Pend Oreille School Board Tuesday evening as a retired teacher filled the trustee vacancy left after the former board chair resigned in the fall. Longtime ...

After a lengthy and delayed effort to renew and possibly revamp Idaho’s early literacy exam, the Idaho Department of Education announced it would continue on with the same exam vendor, Istation, which ...

Kudos to Idaho House Speaker Mike Moyle for starting a crusade against “outdated, obsolete and unnecessary” laws. Moyle’s House Bill 14 — the “Idaho Code Cleanup Act”— would cleanse Idaho’s statute ...

Brian Kress is the superintendent of the Blackfoot School District.

North Idaho Classical Academy announced Thursday it would delay its opening until the Fall of 2026, after a more than year-long struggle to find a suitable building in Bonners Ferry. The public ...