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.