Back to School

When your kids go back to school, it’s almost like you go back to school, too. Teachers and childhood development professionals agree that when a child’s parents are involved in his education, he learns more and gets better grades. That means, you have just as big a responsibility in his schoolwork as he does.

Hundreds of Magic Valley children struggle with being able to afford school supplies. You can help by eating at any Twin Falls or Buhl McDonalds on August 7th between 5p and 8p. McCash for Kids is back!

Buying textbooks can be a difficult, uncertain, expensive process, especially if you're an adult going back to school for the first time in a few years. To help you out, we've gathered some of the best ways to buy or access textbooks.

How can you help send Magic Valley kids back to school with the supplies they need? Grab a Big Mac today starting at 5pm. Hundreds of Magic Valley children struggle with being able to afford school supplies. You can help by eating at any Twin Falls or Buhl McDonald's on August 14th between 5p and 8p. The more we eat, the more money McDonald's will donate to South Central Community Action Partners

How can you help send Magic Valley kids back to school with the supplies they need? Grab a Big Mac! Hundreds of Magic Valley children struggle with being able to afford school supplies. You can help by eating at any Twin Falls or Buhl McDonald's on August 14th between 5p and 8p. The more we eat, the more money McDonald's will donate to South Central Community Action Partnership.

Nervous about past senior pranks involving vandalism and various other destructive behavior, a high school principal in Michigan swiftly issued one-day suspensions for dozens of seniors who rode their bikes to school en masse because she thought it was intentionally meant to disrupt the school day. But after learning that simply wasn’t the case, she’s now issued an apology.

You might not think selling a soft drink during a school lunch period is that big of an issue, but the truth is it could cost a school thousands of dollars.

It’s not unusual for college students to graduate with a hefty student loan debt. But according to a new study, many don’t know how much they owe — and some aren’t aware they owe anything at all.

A small group of seniors at Cascade High School in Clayton, IN celebrated their upcoming graduation with a prank, covering school doors, offices and windows with more than 12,000 colorful Post-It notes. But the school superintendent apparently didn’t think it was so funny — he suspended almost 60 students, and a janitor accused of helping during the prank could lose her job.

Recent college graduates may have a rough time finding a job, but a new survey has revealed the companies where they’d most like to work — and a few may surprise you.

A while back, we told you about the Jewish girls’ school in Brooklyn that instituted a Facebook ban for its students, saying using the social media site violated its religious tenets. Now an elementary school in Australia is following suit, but its demand that kids delete their Facebook pages has an entirely different reason: it’s an attempt to wipe out cyber-bullying.

A Twin Falls elementary school is considering all day kindergarten for the Fall. Parents however, will have to pay for it. The principal at I.B. Perrine Elementary proposed the idea to parents. Parents would have to pay a little more than $200 dollars a month for the all-day kindergarten classes...

Idaho ranks near the bottom, among U.S. states, for sending people to college and those students getting their degrees. Experts say that drags down the entire state's economy, but that could be changing. Every seat was filled at Taco Bell Arena on Saturday as Boise State University graduated the highest number of students ever. More than 2,400 degrees were handed out, which is a good sign, accordi

An Arizona high school baseball team forfeited its chance at a state championship — and its reason for doing so has people talking.

US News & World Report has released its list of the best high schools in America, teaming up with the Washington, DC-based American Institutes for Research (AIR), one of the largest behavioral and social science research organizations in the world.

Not only will Magic Valley area voters have candidates to choose on May 15th but they will also need to make a decision on some school bond issues.  Voters in the Filer School District will be voting on a 2-year, $500,000 supplemental levy which will allow the district to maintain current operations.

The Minidoka County School District is reeling from state budget cuts in education and the “Students Come First” initiative.  At a school board meeting this week board members approved the layoffs of 11 teachers in the district.  The board was hoping that attrition and retirements would account for most of the reduction in teaching staff in the district but that didn’t happen.

As the debate rages over whether getting a college degree is worth the money, a new set of statistics is giving many people pause — seems half of recent college grads are either jobless or underemployed in positions that don’t fully use their skills and knowledge.

University of Idaho (AP) - Students at Idaho's public universities will pay $274 to $356 more in tuition next year. The increases approved Wednesday by the state Board of Education are relatively modest compared to those set in recent years as the universities looked to offset declines in state funding.

Moscow PD (AP) - The University of Idaho has reached a settlement with the family of graduate student Katy Benoit, who was killed in August by a former professor she had dated. The state Board of Education is expected to consider the agreement at a meeting later this week, according to two sources with knowledge of the settlement.