Teacher Meghan Brown and social worker Dara Ezzell-Pebworth, candidates running against absent incumbents on the West Ada school board, agreed on nearly every issue that the 45 attendees at a League ...

An education vendor with a checkered Idaho past has landed a huge contract in Texas. New York-based Odyssey will help administer the state’s new, $1 billion private school choice program. Odyssey ...

The debate over educational competition in Idaho has reached a fever pitch, driven primarily by the passage of the Parental Choice Tax Credit (HB 93). On one side, we have parents demanding more ...

The Middleton School District celebrated the completion of a new facility — Middleton Career Campus: Construction — with a ribbon cutting and open house on Monday. Around 100 people gathered at the ...

The first deadline to apply for Idaho’s new private education tax credit is approaching. Enacted by the Legislature and Gov. Brad Little earlier this year, the Parental Choice Tax Credit offers ...

Every morning, I unlock the doors to my choir room at Les Bois Junior High School. By 7:50 a.m., the room is buzzing with the energy of seventh and eighth graders warming up their voices, singing ...

Higher education is not without its challenges. As a public institution, we face intense scrutiny, tight budgets and shifting expectations.

The mission of Idaho Education News is to produce independent, comprehensive and thoughtful journalism about public education policy and practice in Idaho. Idaho Education News is a public awareness ...

The Idaho Supreme Court issued a series of orders allowing the Legislature to join the lawsuit while blocking national school choice groups from doing so.

Kevin Lancaster came out of retirement last month to take a job as part-time superintendent of Camas County School District. The 30-year former superintendent in Bliss admits he now has a very rare ...

Alicia Ritter — a two-time public relations agency owner, corporate board director, senior communications strategist, and career-long philanthropic champion — has joined the Idaho EdNews board. EdNews ...