Nine of the 10 high schools in the Idaho Falls area failed to meet the national benchmark for their SAT scores last year.
Eighty-five teachers, administrators and librarians from districts across the region are attending a workshop put on by the Idaho STEM Action Center this week at the College of Eastern Idaho.
This year is the 70th anniversary of Idaho National Laboratory being founded and the 10th anniversary of the lab’s biggest collaboration with Idaho’s colleges.
BOISE — According to information released Thursday by the Idaho Professional Standards Commission, former Shelley High School Principal Eric Lords has had his administrative certificate suspended for a period of two years.
L.J. Krumenacker, an Idaho State University Department of Geosciences affiliate researcher, has documented and named seven new species of prehistoric Idaho creatures. His work is noted in scientific journals published this month.
POCATELLO — An organization that defends academic freedom and shared governance at U.S. universities has removed sanctions against Idaho State University that have been in place for more than eight years.
SHELLEY — The School District is providing more information on the ongoing investigation into Shelley High School’s finances and the school’s former principal.
Bonneville Joint School District 93’s board of trustees scheduled a June 26 special meeting to discuss the increased cost of a bond to build a new elementary school and additions to two high schools before its planned Aug. 27 vote.
Bonneville Joint School District 93 board members gathered at a construction site Thursday night to break ground on the district’s new middle school.
A local university and potato plant have received a state energy efficiency award.
Brigham Young University-Idaho’s official spring semester enrollment totals show a total of 20,388 campus-based students, a .7 percent increase over spring 2018’s enrollment.
HARTFORD, Conn. — With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd’s homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone?
Jim Oloff has been a teacher at Hope Lutheran School for longer than the building has existed.
Many of eastern Idaho’s school districts have gotten an early start on their budgets for next year, including pay raises for many of their teachers.
BOISE — Gov. Brad Little charged his new education improvement task force on Monday with coming up with five or six recommendations by November to improve Idaho school student achievement in two specific areas, literacy and college and career readiness, while improving accountability for sta…
Idaho’s new education task force will hold its first meeting Monday.
The school board for Idaho Falls School District 91 named Hillary Radcliffe as the newest district trustee at a special meeting Thursday.
Two eastern Idaho high schools are among 19 middle and high schools statewide to get “Sources of Strength” suicide prevention grants.
Gov. Brad Little has appointed Idaho Falls Sen. Dave Lent to the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.
RIGBY — Rigby High School senior Megan Clements is leaving her impact on Jefferson School District 251 in more ways than one.
Next week will be a busy one in Bonneville Joint School District 93, as its high school seniors graduate.
During Wednesday’s special board meeting at Lincoln High School, Bonneville Joint School District 93’s board of trustees discussed the district’s next bond and prepared for its official announcement.
The chairwoman of the Idaho Falls Auditorium District board of directors easily beat back a challenge Tuesday night.
Idaho Falls High School students won $1,000 for their student council in an anti-bullying video contest last week.
Editor’s Note: The Post Register profiled graduating Bonneville County seniors during in previous weeks. This is the final article in the series.
Voters in several eastern Idaho counties will make decisions about their property taxes on Tuesday.
Voters in Idaho Falls and Swan Valley will have some decisions to make Tuesday.
College of Eastern Idaho will host a three-day event to help 50 students start thinking about future career options.
Students taking the SAT in the future will also be assessed on their educational and socioeconomic backgrounds, the College Board announced Thursday.
Since February, Sunnyside Elementary School third-graders have been learning the importance of ancestry, heritage and immigration.
Fifteen Bonneville County School District seniors are expected to earn six free college credits at the College of Eastern Idaho this summer.
On a door of Rocky Mountain Middle School’s vocational building, a poster can be read that embraces the idea school administrators and teachers expect from their students.
The Teton School Board accepted a 20 percent increase pitched by its insurance carrier Idaho Counties Risk Management Program, the maximum increase allowable through the public insurance carrier.
Rebecca Chidester will be College of Eastern Idaho’s first mental health director, College of Eastern Idaho Dean of Students Mike Walker said Wednesday.
Three eastern Idaho lawmakers, a lawyer for Melaleuca, an Idaho National Laboratory deputy director and an American Falls teacher have been named to the task force that will help shape the direction of education in Idaho for the next five years.
Editor’s note: Over the coming weeks the Post Register is profiling graduating Bonneville County seniors.
Some of your favorite Bonneville School District 93 administrators and teachers are saying goodbye.
A son of two Idaho National Laboratory scientists, Idaho Falls High School junior Cameron Young says he wants to follow in his parents’ footsteps one day.
Bullying is on the rise in local schools and is at a higher rate than the national average, according to state and national research.
Idaho Falls School District 91 chairwoman Deidre Warden said she rarely gets emotional.
Idaho Falls School District 91 officials will host a second community meeting in hopes of getting more feedback regarding the school’s facilities. The event starts at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Skyline High School’s cafeteria.
Editor’s note: Over the coming weeks the Post Register is profiling graduating Bonneville County seniors.
Editor’s note: Over the coming weeks the Post Register is profiling graduating Bonneville County seniors.
With rise in social media and tech, leadership classes, skills a priority for local school districts
With the rise of social media and more STEM-based jobs, Skyline High School Athletic Director Gregg Baczuk said communication and leadership classes at the high school level are more important than ever.
Voters in Idaho Falls and Swan Valley will have some decisions to make May 21.
First-graders and kindergartners at Holy Rosary Catholic School are trying to give back during their last month of the school year.
Lindsay Gardels will graduate from community college before she finishes high school.
Idaho National Laboratory senior adviser Brent Stacey will give College of Eastern Idaho’s commencement speech, CEI Marketing Director Todd Wightman said.
Editor’s note: Over the coming weeks the Post Register is profiling graduating Bonneville County seniors.
Editor’s note: Over the coming weeks the Post Register is profiling graduating Bonneville County seniors.
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra visited Rocky Mountain Middle School staff and students Wednesday morning, to talk to educators and to promote the mastery-based education model to students at the Bonneville Joint School District 93 middle school.
Idaho State University's College of Business is trying to "reemphasize" its commitment to Idaho Falls by bringing back an old class and adding more in-person teaching at the University Place campus.
Salmon resident Jackie Brownlee, a 30-year-old mother of two, is taking college nursing classes in hopes of improving her career opportunities.
Gov. Brad Little emphasized education issues during last year’s campaign, and one of his most frequent themes, along with raising teacher pay, was spending more on early childhood literacy. This year he requested, and lawmakers approved, doubling spending on kindergarten-through-third-grade …
Editor’s Note: Over the coming weeks the Post Register is profiling graduating Bonneville County seniors.