Education

Great Northern School District is seeking voters’ approval on property tax collections to pay for staff and school equipment for the 40 students in the district.

The Medical Lake School District is asking voters to approve renewals of their two levies, totaling over $8.2 million in three years of property tax collections.

Like several other school districts in the area, the Liberty School District headquartered in southern Spokane County is asking voters to approve two replacement levies on the February ballot.

Idaho Board of Education members did not violate Idaho's Open Meeting Law when they conducted three secret meetings last year to discuss the potential purchase of the University of Phoenix, a judge has ruled.

Fans of Washington’s official sport, rejoice: More pickleball courts are coming your way this summer.

Reardan-Edwall schools are seeking renewals of property tax collections that fund staff, extracurriculars and school safety essential to school operations.

When Nicole Lamartine, the director of choirs at Central Washington University, adjudicated about 250 Northwest choirs in the spring of 2023, she noticed an interesting pattern.

Nearly every time Lewis and Clark junior Olive Pete uses the restroom for its intended purpose, a peer is in the next stall vaping, blowing clouds of nicotine-laced tutti frutti vapor.

The Freeman School District is asking voters to approve two levy renewals on the February ballot to help pay for safety improvements, technology and education programs.

POMEROY, Wash. – In June 2020, Marcus Pederson retired from his 35-year career of teaching band at the Pomeroy School District. Since then, the only district in Washington’s least populous county has been unable to hire a replacement.

OLYMPIA– While Mt. Spokane senior Eric Agius sits in class, listening to instruction from his teacher, he notices many of his peers scrolling away on their devices.

Students in Cusick, Washington, will return to school Monday after a week off caused by a broken pipe.

OLYMPIA – Washington schools could get multi-lingual if the Legislature passes a bill heard in a House of Representatives committee Monday.

State Board of Education members spent Monday defending their closed-door discussions of the University of Idaho–University of Phoenix megadeal.

SmartSigns customize traffic safety messaging to drivers in school zones targeting speed, distracted driving and lack of seat belts. Messages could include "slow down," "put down phone" and "buckle up."

A major salary boost is on the horizon for thousands of Washington State University graduate students who teach classes and conduct research.

The University of Idaho remains intent on completing its high-profile acquisition of the University of Phoenix for hundreds of millions of dollars, which also comes with a possibility of millions more in financial liabilities in the deal. Terms of the $550 million agreement require the University of Phoenix to provide $200 million in cash at close to a nonprofit, Four Three Education, created ...

Voters in northern Spokane County will face two tax proposals from Riverside School District on February ballots: a $10.8 million levy and a $73 million bond.