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Kevin Richert

Boise

Reporter and Blogger at Idaho Education News

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Articles

  • 2 weeks ago | bonnercountydailybee.com | Kevin Richert

    The University of Phoenix and the University of Idaho have broken off talks on a multimillion-dollar purchase plan. The parties have “jointly agreed to end discussions,” Phoenix said Tuesday morning. The news was not unexpected. But it abruptly ends a controversial two-year courtship between Idaho’s land-grant institution and a for-profit online giant with a national enrollment of more than 80,000.

  • 3 weeks ago | idahoednews.org | Kevin Richert

    In a final public and perfunctory act, the State Board of Education closed the books on the University of Idaho’s bid to acquire the University of Phoenix. With little discussion — and acting on the U of I’s request — the board terminated an “asset purchase agreement,” the legal framework for the potential $685 million purchase. The board vote came as no surprise. On Tuesday, Phoenix and the U of I both said they were breaking off talks.

  • 3 weeks ago | idahopress.com | Kevin Richert

    The Boise School District has received five tort claims since April, directly or indirectly involving former elementary school special education assistant Gavin Snow. The claims seek a total of at least $102 million in damages. Idaho Education News had previously reported on two tort claims involving Snow, who took his own life in January as Boise police attempted to arrest him on child sexual abuse charges.

  • 3 weeks ago | idahoednews.org | Kevin Richert

    It might be the most important public hire in Idaho this year. Yet the search for Boise State University’s next president is cloaked in intrigue. Sure, there’s a slick looking search website — with not one but two pretty photos of trees on campus in full bloom. There are rosters for the State Board of Education’s search committee — and the subcommittees that held listening sessions on campus this spring. But there’s no timetable, because that’s open-ended.

  • 3 weeks ago | idahoednews.org | Kevin Richert

    The Boise School District has received five tort claims since April, directly or indirectly involving former elementary school special education assistant Gavin Snow. The claims seek a total of at least $102 million in damages. Idaho Education News had previously reported on two tort claims involving Snow, who took his own life in January as Boise police attempted to arrest him on child sexual abuse charges.

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