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Mon., Oct. 28, 2019
Class sizes shrink for youngest students in Spokane Public Schools
Classes are larger this year in Spokane Public Schools, especially in grades 4 through 12. But the district has achieved a major goal in reducing class sizes for its youngest …
Sun., July 21, 2019
Teen activists score mental health days for Oregon students
A new law in Oregon allows students to take “mental health days” just as they would sick days. Mental health experts say it’s one of the first state laws to …
UPDATED: Mon., June 10, 2019
AP: 3 million US students don’t have home internet
Nearly 3 million students around the country face struggles keeping up with their studies because they must make do without home internet. In classrooms, access to laptops and the internet …
UPDATED: Thu., May 16, 2019
WSU, EWU, SCC students face growing dilemma: Pay for food or tuition?
Thousands of Washington college students are hungry. Washington State University, Eastern Washington University and the Spokane Community Colleges are are struggling with the problem, despite varied approaches to dealing with …
Sat., May 4, 2019
Sheridan Elementary builds new community garden to help grow students’ skills, and hopefully, enjoy a fresh snack too
Wearing white garden gloves too big for his hands, 9-year-old Taden Eirdam shoveled dirt from the Sheridan Elementary parking lot into a wheelbarrow, headed for a garden.
Wed., May 1, 2019
Bouncy castle with students inside swept away by wind
A bouncy castle at Zillah High School was swept away by wind Wednesday, injuring five students after landing back on the ground.
UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 16, 2018
U.S. Dept. of Education introduces new regulation proposal for sexual misconduct
The way schools handle sexual misconduct allegations could be changing if a Title IX rule proposal –which the office of U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos released today – is …
Thu., Nov. 15, 2018
Students go broke for a day: Poverty simulation helps WSU students understand challenges
About 25 students were thrown in jail, got fired from their jobs, bartered with a pawn shop owner and tried to survive natural disasters Wednesday at the Washington State University …
Tue., Oct. 23, 2018
Melania Trump hosts students for movie at the White House
First lady Melania Trump invited sixth graders to the White House on Tuesday to watch a movie about kindness as part of her anti-bullying campaign – even as her office …
UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 2, 2018
Washington students struggle without stable housing: ‘The problem is bigger than we thought’
Students living with all sorts of housing instability – no matter how and where they find a place to sleep – suffer academically, according to a new report. The report’s …
UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 10, 2018
For homeless students in rural Washington, just getting to school is hard
The number of homeless students continues to overwhelm districts throughout the state. Educators have become the first, and in many cases the only, line of defense for students worried about …
Mon., Sept. 3, 2018
Biking as medicine: program seeks to help struggling students through exercise
A new program at the Pocatello Community Charter School called Riding for Focus aims to prove biking can be the best medicine for middle-schoolers who have trouble behaving or paying …
Thu., July 5, 2018
Effects on children in violent neighborhoods are broader than previously known, study finds
Researchers have shown – and teachers know – that schoolchildren exposed to neighborhood violence can have a tougher time learning, experiencing more stress and depression than their peers growing up …
UPDATED: Wed., July 4, 2018
Around 1,000 meals provided for kids daily in LC Valley
During the summer months, food insecurity is a large concern for school officials who say summertime is when many kids tend to go hungry.
Sun., June 24, 2018
When school goes off-campus: Tyson meat-processing plant offers school for workers.
People from all over the world end up working at the Tyson meat-processing plant in Wallula. And that is why Tyson needs Elio Quiros-Meneses and Noemi Reed. Tucked into a …
Sun., March 11, 2018
Schools brace for massive student walkouts over gun violence
As schools around the country brace for student walkouts following the deadly shooting in Parkland, Florida, principals and superintendents are scrambling to perform a delicate balancing act: How to let …
Mon., Feb. 26, 2018
Student welders save SWAT team money on shooting targets
A southern Idaho sheriff’s office has saved thousands of dollars by recruiting students to build shooting targets for its SWAT team.
UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 25, 2018
Students return to Florida school where 17 were killed
Students at a Florida high school where 17 of their classmates and staff members were killed returned Sunday to gather their belongings thrown down in panic during the school shooting …
Sat., Feb. 24, 2018
Not all students back gun control, young conservatives say
At Justin Vaughn’s Maryland high school, support for curbing guns runs deep, “and I’m on the ‘wrong’ side,” the 17-year-old says.
Thu., Feb. 22, 2018
Sheriff: School officer never went inside to confront gunman
The armed officer on duty at the Florida school where a shooter killed 17 people never went inside to engage the gunman and has been placed under investigation, officials announced …
UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 22, 2018
Amid push for gun regulations, leaders around country offer varied proposals
Under pressure to tighten gun laws after a deadly mass shooting at a Florida high school, state and national leaders responded with varied proposals Thursday.
Thu., Jan. 11, 2018
Feds say Texas failed to properly educate disabled students
The U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday that Texas violated federal law for more than a decade by denying thousands of students with disabilities access to special education services.
Fri., Dec. 29, 2017
Jury deciding school isolation booth case
A federal jury is deciding whether the Longview School District violated the constitutional rights of five former students who claimed they were placed inside an isolation booth at an elementary …
Wed., Dec. 13, 2017
CEI students can jointly enroll at the UI
Students enrolling at the College of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls will soon be able to jointly enroll at the University of Idaho, reportedly the first such partnership in the …
UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 24, 2017
Apple supplier used illegal teenage labor to assemble the iPhone X, report says
If you own an iPhone X, there is a chance your prized smartphone was built from forced labor of Chinese high school students.
Wed., Nov. 15, 2017
More Oregon students are homeless than last year, state says
The number of homeless Oregon students has increased for a fourth consecutive year.
Thu., Nov. 9, 2017
Ohio State: 83 students used group messaging app to cheat
Ohio State University has accused 83 undergraduate students of cheating on classwork using a group messaging app.
UPDATED: Fri., Nov. 3, 2017
Oregon students kept inside after cougar sighting near school
A report of a cougar sighting this week in the northwestern coastal town of Seaside prompted school officials to move all student activities inside.
Thu., Oct. 26, 2017
Enrollment exceeds 12,000 at UI
Overall student enrollment at the University of Idaho is up 2.4 percent for fall 2017, bringing total enrollment across all UI campuses above 12,000 for the first time in five …
Sun., Sept. 24, 2017
Dr. Bax: Focus on campus drinking when students fall
Too often these tragedies focus is on the railing, the window or some other distraction from the real issue, which is excessive alcohol use.