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.

School trustees’ legislative proposals call for more state funding amid budget crunches

Also on the table: Pre-K initiatives and voucher opposition

Record number of Idaho schools are offering full-day kindergarten, and more are pushing to expand preschool access

Nearly 90% of the state’s traditional school districts are offering full-day kindergarten this school year.

Bright spots: Lists of 2024 ISAT top performers statewide

Take a look at some of the high-achieving districts and schools statewide.

Critchfield: Thanks to in-person learning during the pandemic, today’s students are less likely to be chronically absent

“It’s because of that that we are seeing the least impacts (four years later),” Critchfield said. 

Idaho’s low chronic absenteeism rates may not be accurate

Some school districts have been submitting questionable data that’s gone unverified.

ISAT scores increase slightly, exceed new — lower — goals

Students made modest gains as the ISAT exam returned to a shorter format.

More districts are moving to four-day weeks — that doesn’t always mean fewer class hours

Here’s a statewide look at how many hours students will spend in class this year.

Districts receive more than $18.5 million in grants for career-technical programs

“This is the game-changer for our kids,” one superintendent said.

Museum to-go kits bring Idaho’s ice-age fossils and dino bones to classrooms

“We want our Idaho students to understand natural history at the highest level possible,” the museum’s education curator said.

ISAT scores can now be used for Idaho college admission

State officials say the change will open doors to postsecondary education for more high school graduates.