Idaho EdNews Podcasts

Episode 76: Kicking around politics (kind of like summer soccer)

Idaho Public Television’s Seth Ogilvie joins Kevin Richert for a look at Idaho’s political landscape, as the wide-open 2018 elections loom.

Episode 75: Idaho’s summer of ESSA continues

There was plenty of talk about ESSA this week. And we talk about it on the Extra Credit podcast. We’ll catch you up on the state’s plans to comply with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act — a key document, which will go a long way toward charting Idaho education policy for years to come….

Episode 74: Idaho releases new federal education plan

This week we dissect the latest draft of Idaho’s plan to comply with the Every Student Succeeds Act and take a closer look at the latest round of SAT scores.

Episode 73: Idaho’s race to comply with federal education deadlines

With a federal deadline looming, the leaders of two education groups say they have been cut out of the process to develop Idaho’s ESSA plan.

Episode 72: Federal Funding Cuts Worry Rural School Officials

Find out why education officials in timber country are starting to worry that Secure Rural School funding may not be so secure after all.

Episode 71: How hundreds of snow days melted away

Severe snow storms forced extended closures in many Idaho schools this year. But as the school year came to an end, most of those snow days simply melted away.