Carly Flandro

“Everybody goes through tough times”: Community schools address basic needs so students can focus on learning

INSIDE: Examples of how community schools in Idaho tailor their offerings to meet the needs of their families, offering job training, medical care and sponsored family engagement nights.

Spelling it Out: Types of Schools

INSIDE: Read the definitions for the different types of schools in Idaho from charters to alternative to community schools.

Geographical pay gaps persist when it comes to teacher salary

Teachers can get paid tens of thousands of dollars more – or less – depending on their school.

ChatGPT: Is it a valuable communication tool or a way to cheat?

Educators are abuzz about a new technology that writes like a person and could put original thinking in jeopardy.

Proposed LGBTQ rights policy causes fracas at Caldwell School Board meeting

The meeting adjourned abruptly — before the board could complete its agenda — after shouts and threats from the audience.

Decaying buildings and a record of failed bond elections: ‘It is quite atrocious’ in Salmon

Superintendent Troy Easterday hopes lawmakers will help his community with a new infrastructure bill and surplus funds earmarked for school buildings.

Average teacher salary increases, but is still behind inflation and national averages

Teachers in Idaho still make less than peers in other fields who have the same level of education. 

Idaho Falls School Board scrambles to address overcrowding after failed bond

Split sessions are off the table after teachers said they would transfer or find a new job.

This year, taxpayers will shell out a record $596.1 million for education bonds and levies

Taxpayers will give $217.4 million — a slight decrease — via supplemental levies to local schools this fiscal year