Jennifer Swindell

Managing editor and CEO Jennifer Swindell founded Idaho Education News in 2013. She has led the online news platform as it has grown in readership and engagement every year, reaching over two million pageviews a year. Jennifer has more than 35 years of experience in Idaho journalism. She also has served as a public information officer for Idaho schools and as a communication director at Boise State University. She can be reached at [email protected].

Jennifer Williams: Teacher, artist, author, advocate and animal savior

Her 40-year career in education has earned her numerous awards. She said her success has come from a dedicated passion for all things living. Though retired, she maintains a project that brings art to rural Idaho schools.

EdNews hires East Idaho reporter

Devin Bodkin will live and work in Shelley and travel the eastern side of the state to report on Idaho public education.

Boise kids launch sustainability awareness campaign

Students host a summit to show off ways to recycle, reuse and reduce waste. They were inspired to change their practices and influence change in others after a school-wide reading of the book “Garbology.”

Caldwell chooses Bonneville administrator to head district

The hiring process was kept secret. Trustees signed “confidentiality statements” over resumes and the board chair admitted the trustees made their “unanimous vote” to hire French during a Saturday executive session.

IdahoEdNews.org gets a makeover

We redesigned our website to be more appealing, responsive and easier to navigate.

Sayles, Dean and Joki will not resign from West Ada board

The three board members all said the will stand for a May 17 recall election. They all said they have heard from supporters who encouraged them to stay.

Idaho’s charters lack diversity compared to traditional schools

The Public Charter School Commission, which serves 16,000 students, presented its annual report to the State Board of Education. Highlighting the report was the much lower number of charter students with special needs, diversity and language barriers compared to students in traditional public schools.

Boise teen’s research receives national recognition

Nate Marshall has spent the last year comparing current-day global warming to the most prominent climate anomaly in Earth’s recent history, the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum, which happened 56 million years ago.

College graduates mentor Post Falls students

Principal Chris Sensel says the college and career center at his North Idaho school has improved the amount of scholarships students earn and its essential to improving go-on rates.

Mentoring improves school culture at Post Falls

Juniors and seniors learn leadership skills while helping freshmen transition into high school. Educators say school culture has improved drastically — “it’s cool to be nice.”