Launch navigates budget cuts — and begins to collect data on student outcomes
Despite a $10 million cut, the grant program should fully fund student applications this fall. But after three years, are recipients landing good jobs?
School Board Business
Charter board rewards director with a $150,000 loan he likely doesn’t have to pay back
Administrative news
West Ada superintendent announces cancer diagnosis
Everyone is Welcome Here
Three complaints filed over classroom displays during the first year of Idaho’s new banner law
K-12 facilities
Pocatello-Chubbuck shares progress on rebuild projects
School board business
Caldwell trustees acknowledge and cure open meeting violation
School Board Business
Lakeland trustees extend interim superintendent’s contract without public vote
Spelling it out
Spelling it out: Inside the Idaho School Boards Association
Higher education
CEI Early College Program earns national accreditation
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The Kevin Richert Podcast
Episode 104: A pre-session preview for 2026
Shakeups at the Statehouse.
A shortage of money.
And an election year.
It’s shaping up to be a turbulent 2026 legislative session. Which means it could be a long session as well.
To set the stage for the Jan. 12 kickoff of the session — and beyond — Kevin Richert and Ryan Suppe sit down with Idaho School Boards Association deputy director Quinn Perry and Idaho Education Association assistant executive director Matt Compton.