Education

Nikki Otero Lockwood will remain at the helm of Spokane Public Schools’ board, the board voted as they decided internal leadership Wednesday night.

Mead High School head football coach Keith Stamps was fired for failing to properly investigate and report player misconduct, “fueling a media firestorm, lawsuits, and calling into question the community’s trust” in the Mead School District, according to a letter Tuesday about the termination District Superintendent Travis Hanson sent to Stamps.

The governing board for Washington State University announced Wednesday it has identified five top candidates to take over the helm of the 134 year-old institution, but noticeably missing from the announcement were any identifying characteristics of who is being considered to be the university’s 12th president.

April Eberhardt’s cell phone started to ring.

A group of University of Idaho students who use diversity offices that are threatened under a proposed statewide policy said in a survey that the services have boosted their college experience and, in some cases, stopped them from dropping out.

Though little class time is scheduled at Gonzaga Prep the day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday morning is abuzz with energy from the zealous chaos in the school’s halls and the active parking lot.

Promptly after assuming their seats on Spokane Public Schools board, new student advisers wasted no time sharing their opinions .

Ferris High School will be the fourth Spokane high school to get its own school-based health center on campus, the school board decided Wednesday.

The closure of University of Idaho’s diversity offices on campus is up in the air pending a decision from the Idaho State Board of Education.

About 100 people joined a protest against the Israel-Hamas War at Gonzaga’s campus Thursday, demanding the university cut ties with weapons manufacturers.

Each with potential property tax proposals on the horizon, Spokane Public Schools and the city Parks and Recreation Department have launched a study to see how the two could partner moving forward.

The Idaho State Board of Education will consider a resolution this week that could eliminate diversity and equity offices from universities.

Spokane Public Schools is dealing with a surge of homeless students that mirrors what is happening on the streets of downtown Spokane.

At a packed and lively meeting, the Central Valley School Board on Monday passed a resolution and sent a letter against transgender girls’ participation in girls sports.

After a well-attended school board meeting Tuesday with over an hour’s worth of public comment decrying transgender athletes’ participation in school sports, Central Valley School Board members will again bring forward the issue at a special meeting Monday.

Spokane County Superior Court Judge Julie McKay had a bit of a different trial on her docket Friday: the case of who stole Mary Peabody’s lunch.

Not many can say President Joe Biden botched the delivery of a joke they wrote.

Two years in the making and already one failure under their belts, passing a $72 million bond was a “team effort,” Cheney Public Schools Superintendent Ben Ferney said.

At a standing-room-only meeting, the Central Valley school board became the latest voice in the conversations surrounding transgender girls’ participation in sports.