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News >  Idaho

First a school, now a home: new housing for cadets at Pierce academy

Apr. 10—PIERCE — The future of the Idaho Youth Challenge Academy took a big step forward in creating a permanent residential presence in Pierce. A groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday took place to build new housing for cadets in the program. A helicopter brought in attendees from the governor's office and the Idaho National Guard. Locals from the Pierce area also attended, including city ...
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Students are using artificial intelligence in work. How are Boise-area schools responding?

As school districts in the Treasure Valley see a rise in the use of artificial intelligence, educators say they’re figuring out ways to ensure the new tools are being used responsibly and don’t impede student learning. School officials in Meridian and Nampa told the Idaho Statesman that they’ve seen students increasingly use AI in their work. In Nampa, administrators have created a task force ...
News >  Nation

Florida bans AP psychology over gender identity, sexual orientation lessons

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida will not allow public school students to take Advanced Placement psychology because the course includes lessons on sexual orientation and gender identity, topics forbidden by the state, the College Board said Thursday. That could mean that a week before school starts in many districts, about 5,000 Central Florida students and about 27,000 statewide may not be able to ...
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Far-right trustee is resigning from an Idaho school board for ‘personal reasons’

A far-right Nampa School District trustee has submitted her resignation but hasn’t said why she decided to quit. Tracey Pearson campaigned on a platform of opposing critical race theory, sex education, mask mandates and transgender students using bathrooms that align with their gender identities. The board will appoint someone to fill her seat for the rest of her term, which ends in December ...
News >  Pacific NW

More state money for Idaho schools, teacher raises: Is what was promised being delivered?

Teachers in and around Boise are getting raises next school year, thanks to significant increases in public school funding pushed by Idaho Gov. Brad Little and approved by the Legislature. But schools across the state might get less money than advertised when the governor and lawmakers set aside $330 million for K-12 schools. That’s because a temporary funding mechanism, enacted during the ...
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