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Education news from the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene area.

News >  K-12 education

Most at Lewiston town hall oppose Idaho school voucher program

Sep. 24—Most of the crowd at the Save Our Schools Idaho town hall Tuesday evening in the Lewiston High School auditorium opposed Idaho's new $50 million a year school voucher program. That was apparent when roughly 80% of the audience — some 130 people — gave a standing ovation to the one Idaho lawmaker in attendance, Rep. Lori McCann, R-Lewiston. McCann was the only one of six area ...
News >  Idaho

UI receives $1.4M grant for wildfire science

Aug. 6—The University of Idaho received a $1.4 million grant to train students in wildfire science. The grant from the National Science Foundation will fund nine doctorate-level researchers, according to a UI news release. Students will study fire physics, mitigation and forest regeneration. They will also focus on strengthening the resilience of rural communities to wildfires. "Wildland fire ...
News >  Idaho

‘Bleed Blue’ Bronco says Boise State fired her for reporting age discrimination

A former Boise State University administrator says she was fired for reporting age discrimination against two colleagues and an inappropriate workplace relationship. Lisa Gardner is suing the school, its former President Marlene Tromp, two administrators and the Boise State University Foundation. Gardner, a self-proclaimed “Bleed Blue” Bronco, graduated from the university in 1995 and later ...
News >  Idaho

Idaho day care remains a struggle. Why Boise says it could get worse

In our Reality Check stories, Idaho Statesman journalists seek to hold the powerful accountable and find answers to critical questions in our community. Read more. Story idea? Tips@idahostatesman.com. Boise has long prided itself on the incentives it provides for child care workers. City leaders bought into the idea that access to high-quality child care would help kids’ development, and ...
News >  K-12 education

Should cursive writing make a comeback?

After watching their teacher meticulously draw the alphabet in cursive on a whiteboard, students in Patricia Durelli’s fourth-grade class pulled out their pencils to practice writing the letters in workbooks.
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