Here's a link to the full 79-page RFP, with attachments, for Idaho's "Students Come First" laptop computer contract, obtained by The Spokesman-Review under Idaho's public records law. The eight-year contract to provide and maintain laptop computers for every Idaho high school student and teacher, along…
Idaho's request for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind Law's measuring standards for school success has been granted by the U.S. Department of Education. The state plans instead to use a new "Five-Star Rating System" to judge school success, rather than the NCLB…
The Idaho Department of Health & Welfare has identified nine Idaho medical facilities that received potentially contaminated injectable drugs from a New England compounding pharmacy, and they include Boise's two biggest hospitals, St. Luke's and St. Al's, along with facilities in Idaho Falls, Twin Falls,…
The Trinity Ridge fire, which threatened the towns of Pine and Featherville and blazed across more than 146,000 acres for more than two months, has now been fully contained. After that official designation came on Monday, an inch of rain fell on it Monday and…
The first round of more than 6,000 laptop computers, one for every high school teacher and administrator, was supposed to be out in Idaho's schools this month under the "Students Come First" school reform plan, but holdups in finding a suitable vendor have pushed that…
The Idaho State Journal reports today that a video showing Idaho State University head football coach Mike Kramer shoving wide receiver Derek Graves to the ground during an Oct. 3 practice is gaining national attention and was posted on ESPN.com on Tuesday night; the player…
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