Idaho’s State Board of Education, meeting today in Twin Falls, approved 3 percent salary increases for the presidents of Boise State University, Idaho State University and Lewis-Clark State College; the board also extended the current contract term for each of them by an additional year.…
Idaho’s gotten clearance from the country’s top education official to start field-testing its new high-stakes tests for students next year, and stop administering the Idaho Standards Achievement Test to avoid double-testing kids, except in cases where a student needs to take the ISAT to meet…
Here's a news item from the Associated Press: BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The men's basketball coaches at Boise State and the University of Idaho have new contracts. The Idaho Board of Education on Thursday approved contracts for BSU coach Leon Rice and UI coach Don…
The Afghan Taliban is offering to free Idaho Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl of Hailey, held captive since 2009, in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay, the AP reports. The offer comes as efforts are under way to jumpstart peace talks in…
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