Name: Dallin Hancock

Fifty state legislators came through White Pine Charter School Monday morning to see some of the things being taught by the school’s STEM program.

Nine hundred students came through the Museum of Idaho on Wednesday for the third annual STEM at the Museum event. The event provides brief, hands-on science lessons for K-12 students to get them excited about the possibilities in different science fields.

Early public feedback on Idaho Falls District 91’s long-term facilities plan included plenty of overall support but concerns about the details and costs of the 10-year plan.

White Pine Charter School is moving forward with plans to redo the vacated results of this summer’s Board of Directors election.

Name: Greer Saechao

The state Department of Education has opened the application window for Idaho’s after-school programs to seek $1.5 million in grants.

Invent Idaho is hosting a professional development event Saturday at the College of Eastern Idaho to help teachers and parents prepare their students to be innovators.

After seeing the survey results from patrons about what the district should do next, Bonneville Joint School District 93 officials are considering a plan to go two years without proposing any new school bonds.

The steering committee behind Idaho Falls School District 91’s long-term plan have announced the initial draft of its recommendations for the next 10 years.

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On Thursday, a small group of volunteers met in Idaho Falls to discuss a proposed ballot initiative to boost education funding by raising taxes on corporations and the rich.

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College of Eastern Idaho launched two new early college programs this year to help local high school students earn credits before they graduate.

Idaho School Board Association held a regional meeting in Rigby on Wednesday night that offered a clearer picture of what legislation the group will lobby for in the next year.

After a majority of voters rejected its $43 million bond proposal, Bonneville Joint School District 93 has launched an online survey to gather opinions on what it should do next.

MERIDIAN — West Ada School District trustee Mike Vuittonet frequently hears from residents that Treasure Valley’s growth should “pay for itself.”

SHELLEY — The elementary and high school students went quiet. All eyes were focused on a log at the center of the classroom, where three small brown insects were beginning to square off.

Swan Valley School District 92 voters will decide on a $100,000-a-year, five-year property tax levy in November.

Lincoln High School has finished repairs to the hole in its gym roof caused by a fire over the summer.

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Our Kids, Idaho’s Future task force members met at Idaho State University on Friday to go over the early outline of their possible recommendations to Gov. Brad Little and the state Legislature for next year’s legislative session.

Idaho Falls School District 91 will have one new school resource officer this year.

Justin Lancaster rolls out of bed in the morning and sits down at the computer next to his desk. Maybe his cat walks around his chair and maybe he starts playing music to help him focus on reading.

The two local school districts reported overall growth in this year’s enrollment at their respective school board meetings Wednesday night.

When students file into the cafeteria at Sunnyside Elementary School for lunch, they wheel a trash can to the tables with them.

A taxpayer group is holding a rally before the Bonneville Joint School District’s board meeting Wednesday to protest an emergency levy passed last month.

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The final list of candidates for Idaho Falls School District 91’s Board of Trustees has been announced.

A new video scoreboard will join the Friday night lights of Idaho Falls football by the end of September.

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The Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy issued a policy brief on “The Cost of College in Idaho” for students and the adverse effects it could have for the state.

Voter turnout in Bonneville Joint School District 93 Tuesday was higher than for the last bond election but lower than many other recent local ones.

The White Pine Charter School trustees voted unanimously Tuesday to acknowledge they may have violated open meetings laws while looking into the school’s recent school board election.

Beginning Tuesday, a new school access protocol will take effect for visitors at elementary and middle schools in Idaho Falls School District 91.

A majority of voters in Bonneville Joint School District 93 voted against the proposed $42.7 million bond on Tuesday night’s ballot.

The crowd at a public hearing in Idaho Falls on Tuesday evening was divided on whether Idaho’s version of Common Core standards are a good thing for the state, although a majority favored keeping them.

With most of the region’s schools in session, harvest underway and the fair right around the corner, local law enforcement agencies are asking drivers to keep an eye out for pedestrians and to follow traffic laws.

Bonneville Joint School District 93 patrons will go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a $42.7 million bond proposal to build a new elementary school and create additions and renovations at Bonneville and Hillcrest high schools.

An investigation into the school board election at White Pine Charter School was never publicly approved, instead being discussed in an executive session closed to the public, which may have violated Idaho’s open meeting law.

TWIN FALLS — Several area education stakeholders spoke mostly unopposed Wednesday in support of Idaho’s version of Common Core.

As a Moscow native, a third generation Vandal and the owner of a shiny University of Idaho Vandal truck, C. Scott Green said he must be the “luckiest person on the planet” to be the new U of I president.

Nearly 1,000 teachers packed into the auditoriums and classrooms at Thunder Ridge High School this week for a professional workshop.

Idaho Falls School District 91 will see the majority of seats on its Board of Trustees up for re-election later this year.

The annual event to introduce new teachers to the resources and staff of Idaho Falls School District 91 was held early Tuesday morning.

Students walking into their first day of class at College of Eastern Idaho had to step through a field of slogans.

The school report cards from the Idaho State Department of Education indicate few major changes in academic performance within the two local schools districts have happened since 2017.

Bonneville Joint School District 93 is starting the school year amidst its worst bus driver shortage in years.

The call is out for families interested in hosting a high school exchange student for the next school year.

Parents are starting to come through Bonneville Joint School District 93 this week to register their children for the new school year. As they do, the district is hoping to give them information they need to vote on the next district bond.

The oldest Montessori school in Idaho Falls is preparing to enter its 30th year of teaching students.

The state Board of Education has scheduled four hearings, including one in Idaho Falls, to take input on Idaho’s educational standards.