Idaho EdNews Podcasts

Plus, we’ll recap a full week of legislative action.

Welcome to episode 244 of the Extra Credit podcast. This week three of Idaho’s largest school districts moved toward reopening for in-person learning for all grades. Meanwhile, the Legislature weighed in with several bills addressing school closure authority and the removal of public health limits for crowds and gatherings. We’ll help break it all down…

Statehouse action picked up with new bills on guns on school campuses and limitations on gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic.

The higher education hearings — and the issues legislators focused on — were particularly interesting this year.

This week we reported on personal stories from teachers across the state who shared their decisions about the coronavirus vaccine.

This week we break down Gov. Brad Little’s education proposals and the first week of the new session.

Idaho is gearing up for an uncertain, and possibly unsafe, legislative session that kicks off Monday.

With the year about to end we take a step back and review what changed this year.

With a month to go until the schedule opening day, questions are emerging about the upcoming legislative session.

Plus, we’ll talk about how a House leadership race cost one lawmaker her spot on the joint budget committee.