Devin Bodkin

Devin was formerly a senior reporter and editor for Idaho Education News and now works for INL in corporate communications.

Victor Elementary closing due to increased absences

The rural East Idaho school is down seven staff members and has tallied at least 60 students absences between those quarantined and out sick — with COVID-19 and other ailments.

At least 4 students injured, one man dead, in school bus crash

A pickup truck ran a stop sign, investigators say.

Little pledges $10 million to combat substitute teacher shortages

The money comes with another targeted remedy: paid time off for Idaho’s executive branch agency employees to work as subs.

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s … a reading initiative?

Wapello Elementary School’s new reading program landed softly on the playground Tuesday morning.

Victor’s mask debacle reflects statewide debate

The mayor made masks mandatory. The school district is refusing to comply. The intergovernmental spat has simmered into a legal debate.

Teton school shuns city mask mandate

The East Idaho school district won’t comply with the city of Victor’s recent mask mandate, Superintendent Monte Woolstenhulme said Friday.

Beth Oppenheimer’s passion keeps her going: ‘We’re building a system’

She leads a charge to fund early learning programs in Idaho, against a conservative Legislature that regularly pushes back.

Surveys display highs and lows of student engagement

Some school administrators criticize their findings — or dismiss them altogether.

Can Idaho’s charter schools diversify?

An overall lack of student diversity in Idaho’s charter schools has fueled a range of efforts to bring school choice to a wider array of students. But challenges persist.