Carly Flandro

Carly Flandro reports from her hometown of Pocatello. Prior to joining EdNews, she taught English at Century High and was a reporter for the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. She has won state and regional journalism awards, and her work has appeared in newspapers throughout the West. Flandro has a bachelor’s degree in print journalism and Spanish from the University of Montana, and a master’s degree in English from Idaho State University. You can email her at [email protected] or call or text her at (208) 317-4287.

‘Urgent disparities’ persist in Native American education, and state efforts to help have been underwhelming

The data shows alarming achievement gaps, but progress toward closing them is minimal — or nonexistent.

Idaho schools offer piecemeal efforts to upend decades of Native American miseducation

Some are at the forefront, innovating new approaches. Others lag far behind, with little more than a fourth-grade unit on tribes.

Boarding schools’ complicated legacy still haunts Native American communities

SPECIAL SERIES: Tribes, teachers, and federal agencies are working to undo that history and make classrooms a place where Native Americans are seen and celebrated.

A U of I program propels Native Americans into classrooms and redefines what a teacher looks like

It’s a vital step for students and for education, proponents say.

Native American principals, a rarity, create schools where tribal students are seen and celebrated

But education’s complicated history with tribes means those leaders are few.

How to really appreciate teachers? Let them tell you.

A teacher panel gives an inside look on summer break, teacher appreciation, and their favorite teachers.

Idaho had six federal Native American boarding schools — here’s what we know about them

SPECIAL SERIES: A new federal report provides maps and details of the schools for the first time.

By the numbers: Achievement data for schools on or near Idaho reservations

Test results may say more about school systems than about students. 

Boarding schools, treaties, and tribal sovereignty: What students should know about Native Americans

Leaders in the Indian Education community have been striving to improve Idaho’s curriculum. But those efforts can stir controversy.