Featured Series

Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.

Ed leaders meet, agree to find solutions

The most influential leaders in Idaho education assembled in November to build relationships and find solutions for immediate and long-term issues facing the future of K-12 education in Idaho. The ideas generated by this group were given to Gov. Butch Otter and offered to legislative leaders. The members of the group agree to request a…

Garden Valley becomes a high-tech high school

Students in Garden Valley drive their own education. They can decide what classes to take and when and how to take them. The master schedule in Garden Valley is unconventional. It’s not based on what staff can teach, but instead based on what the kids need or desire. “It’s our responsibility to find ways to…

Trustee Horman earns education post

Wendy Horman is a wife, mother of five and a decade-long school board member. She has added legislator to her resume and now House Education Committee member, which will require a bigger commitment to public service. Horman is willing to devote her time to education and politics — time that could be spent with her large…