K-12 education

The signature scents of lumber and sound of power tools aren’t usually what you’d encounter in the classrooms of the Community School, but then again, neither are terms like “adjustable rate mortgage,” “amortization schedule” or “fixed-rate loan.”

Taking a cue from Mead, the Central Valley School Board drafted Title IX complaint letters to federal officials against the state chief of public schools, alleging sex-based discrimination in state policies that allow transgender girls to play on girls school sports teams.

The Washington office representing federal Head Start child care for families in poverty is suing Trump administration officials responsible for the program in the wake of sporadic grant freezes and threats to end it entirely.

A Coeur d’Alene Public Schools trustee resigned Wednesday after police arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence and possessing drug paraphernalia early Sunday.

With the aid of her twisting, beaming face and unyielding eye contact, Bethany Hultz’s hands tell stories.

As the Legislature enters the final week of its regular session, local school district officials wait with bated breath to see how much they’ll be allotted from the state’s two-year budget that has yet to be finalized.

Orchard Prairie School District appears to be getting a new school, election night results indicate.

SPRINGDALE, Wash. – Springdale-based school district Mary Walker won’t see a renewal on its property tax levy, election night results indicate.

On Monday, 171 high school students took the stage at the Spokane Convention Center to be recognized by the Spokane Scholars Foundation for their academic excellence in a night where 4.0 grade -point averages and perfect Advance Placement test scores were the norm.

The Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival took over the University of Idaho campus in Moscow this week, with nearly every building bustling with young musicians.

The University of Idaho took a gut punch earlier this week when the U.S. Department of Agriculture abruptly terminated a $59 million grant, which mostly would have mostly pumped money into Gem State farmers to boost the marketing of most of the crops grown there.

ST. MARIES – Parents won’t be notified if their child’s teacher is carrying a gun in the classroom next year in eastern Benewah County.

ST. MARIES – A rural North Idaho school district will allow teachers to carry guns in the classroom beginning next school year.

The tiny and historic school district of Orchard Prairie is trying again at passing a bond to build a new school for its 79 students.

Transgender female athletes will continue to play on girls teams in Washington school sports despite some school boards’ efforts to switch them to boys teams or create a league of their own.

SPRINGDALE, Wash. – The voter pamphlet for the Mary Walker School District levy this month includes an argument in favor of the measure, but the argument against it is conspicuously missing.

Legal disagreements continue between Washington state and the federal government after a directive from the Trump administration warned that state education agencies could lose federal funding if they have diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

A divided Supreme Court on Friday cleared the way for the Trump administration to at least temporarily freeze up to $65 million in educational grants designed to address teacher shortages, which the government says fund programs that promote diversity, equity and inclusion.