Idaho Department Of Education

For the first time in over a decade, Idaho’s high school graduation requirements could change. As workforce demands shift, state officials are considering current graduation requirements to ease the transition. If approved, the changes would go into effect next summer.

Rod Gramer and Chris Cargill, the leaders of two influential advocacy groups debated education policy in Idaho and potential changes being considered by the state's Legislature.

Idaho is walking away from millions of dollars in federal funding that would have gone to feeding children from low-income families this summer.

The number of Latino students in Idaho schools has almost doubled in the past two decades, making up 18 percent of the population in public school…

Last week, Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra called a meeting of her "Red Tape Committee," a group of 18 education leaders formed to…

Twenty percent of Idaho high school students have thought seriously about suicide. This is according to the Youth Risk Behavior Survey conducted by the…

This adorable penguin was drawn by Sawtooth Elementary fifth-grader Kylee Thiel. It was submitted from Twin Falls along with other pictures from around…

Legislative auditors say Idaho wasted $61 million on a software system to track and improve student performance that doesn't work for most…

Idaho’s Department of Education is proposing several new rules that would affect what kids learn. But creating a new education rule in Idaho is a bit like…

A company installing wireless Internet networks in Idaho public schools says it will reduce the contract's price tag amid pressure from lawmakers who…