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].

Understanding poverty can improve education

Author Ruby K. Payne spoke in Boise

BSU graduate founded a high school in Belize

High school focuses on technical training

Small-town girl is Harvard bound

Brooklynn Davis earns a full-ride scholarship

How did Sherri Ybarra pull off the upset?

Republicans selected an educator who raised very little money and did little campaigning — but managed to win a four-way campaign.

Refugee lives the American dream

Borah High School’s Salome Paul earned a full-ride college scholarship.

Latest debate draws out new answers

Find out what the candidates think about raising taxes, Idaho’s new standardized tests and how they plan to improve Idaho’s reading scores.

Schools should embrace strategic planning

A national consulting expert tells education leaders that creating a strategic plan can be exciting and fun because “you learn something about yourself.”

Sherri Ybarra: Career educator, not a politician

The long-time teacher and administrator with the Mountain Home School District is experienced in the classroom but not the political arena.

Andy Grover completes checklist with run

The fifth-generation Idahoan has always wanted to run for state superintendent and he’s been preparing for this moment all of his adult life.

Explore and compare data about your school

We improved our data center to include SAT and elementary reading test scores. IdahoEdTrends.org also compares local and state funding for every district in Idaho.