Devin Bodkin
Bonneville to float a $42.7 million bond issue
The measure includes funding for an $18.7 million elementary school and just under $24 million in upgrades to high schools. Opposition calls the plans extravagant and outrageous.
City approves conditional permits for embattled charter school
Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center will likely have facilities for its students next school year. Bingham Academy might not.
Charter commissioners discuss financial ‘malpractice’, low performance and closing schools in leaked audio
A recording from a closed-door meeting reveals critiques of several Idaho charter schools. Commission and charter school leaders released statements after hearing the audio.
Chubbuck charter moving into Sears department store
The new building will allow the K-6 charter to expand enrollment from 180 elementary students to 580 K-12 students by 2022. The students will largely be pulled from traditional public schools in Pocatello and Chubbuck.
Bonneville to increase $39.5 million bond issue
The district’s maintenance and operations director says the plan to build a new elementary school and fund other structural upgrades will likely cost millions of dollars more than previously anticipated.
Former Shelley principal used school funds for personal purchases
Eric Lords could be stripped of his Idaho administrator’s license after admitting that he used school credit and debit cards to buy a range of personal items.
Coach with criminal past proposes multimillion-dollar athletic complex
West Jefferson’s school board voted to move forward toward a $3 million baseball complex behind the guidance of a convicted felon with a history of investment scams.
‘Poverty is our biggest challenge in education’
Decades of research highlight the long-running correlation between high poverty rates and low student performance — a “crisis” that’s become the “norm” in schools across the nation.
Murtaugh defies the odds with early learning and math improvements
Educators at this rural, high-poverty school attribute gains in student achievement to an increased focus on math instruction and long-running pre-K and all-day kindergarten programs.
Montana elementary teachers team up to battle poverty’s impacts
Peterson Elementary School has boosted achievement among students in poverty through a collaborative model that emphasizes literacy and high expectations.