Idaho EdNews Podcasts
Episode 155: It Keeps Going and Going…
A pared-down funding formula bill is heading to the House floor for a vote. We’ll explain what it does and does not do.
Episode 154: A Funding Formula Fiasco
A mutiny in committee, lots of negative public testimony and a last-ditch effort to pass…something.
Episode 153: Crazy Days For The Legislature
We’ll explain where things stand with the funding formula proposals that debuted this week at the Statehouse.
Episode 152: Legislature Braces for Massive Funding Formula Debate
After months of anticipation, a bill to rewrite Idaho’s public school funding formula is expected to surface Monday morning.
Episode 151: Immunization rates, guns in schools and sex education
This week we take a closer look at an increase in the number of students who are attending Idaho schools without a full battery of immunizations.
Episode 150: Education budgets receive widespread support
Plus, a close look at the literacy initiative and the death of an early childhood education bill.
Episode 149: A Closer Look at the Blackfoot Charter Investigation
Devin Bodkin joins us to discuss the investigation into the financial practices of two Blackfoot charter schools.
Episode 148: School Funding Debate Takes Center Stage
This week we break down the first major public hearing over a proposal to rewrite Idaho’s public school funding formula.
Episode 147: A School Funding Overhaul is in the Works
We’ll explain why a new bill is likely to set off the biggest education debate of the year.
Episode 146: Education Week At the Idaho Statehouse
Take a closer look at this week’s key budget hearings for K-12 public schools and Idaho’s colleges and universities.