Idaho EdNews Staff

The first episode of the Extra Credit podcast will be released this Friday.

Four K-12 teachers and their schools were honored on Saturday for earning the Pesky Award for Inspirational Teaching. Boise State University’s College of Education and Alan and Wendy Pesky, founders of the Lee Pesky Learning Center, sponsored these annual awards, which were presented during Boise State’s winter commencement ceremony at Taco Bell Arena. The Pesky…

    A “cement-breaking” ceremony was held Thursday morning to showcase the future digs of Athlos Academies headquarters in Downtown Boise. Athlos is taking over the former Macy’s Building at 10th and Idaho and a host of city leaders and Athlos employees watched a handful of dignitaries actually break cement with sledgehammers to start the…

Get details on the latest news — IEA award winner, new state program to support English Language Learners, a $1.5 million grant for the Mountain Home School District and two retirement announcements.

Online contest submission are being accepted through Saturday. The contest is hosted by the Idaho Education Association.

A Sandpoint charter school changed its moniker to the Forrest M. Bird Charter School as an effort to make sure Bird was not forgotten in Idaho history.

A fellowship winner will receive two years of training, with full salary and benefits, and after completion of the fellowship will then be eligible for $1.5 million in grant support to launch a new public school in Idaho.

Community Council of Idaho earned the grant through a competitive application process to provide Head Start services for migrant and seasonal farm-working families throughout Idaho.

Find out the details of the annual contest, read a profile on last year’s winner and see the list of past winners.