Idaho EdNews Staff

(Updated Aug. 1, 2013) Idaho is at a crossroads for measuring accountability of its schools. The state has moved away from the Adequate Yearly Progress component of No Child Left Behind, which measured performance by the Idaho Standards Achievement Test (ISAT), and created a five star system. The new five-star system is based on multiple…

Idaho schools receive the bulk of their annual funding from the state, as outlined each year by the Legislature. Public school funding is the state’s largest annual expense — with $1.308 billion, or 47 percent of the state general fund budget heading to schools for the 2013-2014 school year. But if districts don’t feel that…

When the Nampa School District reopens for the 2013-14, four schools will have new principals. Here’s the rundown.

Five Idaho teachers were recognized for going above and beyond to make math and science more challenging, exciting and relevant to their students.

Idaho’s Gooding School District earns national recognition for using mobile devices as education tools and offering appropriate training to teachers and students.

School leaders perform above and beyond and receive recognition from the Idaho School Administrators Association.

The Boise School District to begin its search to replace a trustee who had been a member of the board for 23 years.

The governor’s education task force is hitting the road, starting next week. Get the schedule here — and learn how to get engaged and stay informed.

The House signed off on Senate amendments to two charter schools bills — sending both to Gov. Butch Otter’s desk.

Janet Orndorff — a former teacher and longtime volunteer for Boise schools — had served on the district’s board since 1990.