Devin Bodkin
Students promote kindness in wake of school shootings
Instead of participating in a school walkout, students at Pocatello Community Charter School plan to perform 17 acts of kindness.
Bonneville fields questions on $35.3 million bond measure
Superintendent Chuck Shackett: “I think we can continue to build without (increasing the levy rate).”
Gun threat prompts school closures in Blackfoot
Police arrested a 14-year-old in connection with the threat.
Digital debut: Committee pilots remote testimony
For the first time in Idaho history, residents could testify to lawmakers via video conferencing.
Idaho schools use a range of safety protocols, including guns
Here’s a look at how some approach safety in the age of mass shootings.
Pocatello-Chubbuck approves new high school boundaries
Trustees unanimously approved an option that differed in three ways from a previously considered plan.
Pocatello-Chubbuck boundary committee yields two new options
The committee discussed a handful of proposals from three recently formed focus groups Thursday night.
State Board approves revised ESSA plan
Following requests for clarity from the U.S. Department of Education in December, representatives from the State Board and the State Department of Education revised portions of Idaho’s Every Student Succeeds Act compliance plan.
Town torn over prospect of boundary change
Patrons in Teton are torn over a plan to relinquish land and property worth millions of dollars to a neighboring school district.
School savings accounts top $275 million
The latest numbers, released by the State Department of Education, reveal an overall savings increase of nearly $60 million since 2015, when statewide savings topped $215 million.