Featured Series
Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.
Administrators wish they had more flexibility
It’s currently a streamlined system that’s consistent statewide, but isn’t always the best or most appropriate measuring stick.
Performance makes almost no impact on pay
Evaluations and bonus initiatives intended to reward high-performing teachers ended up being overly-complicated, feeble, and/or short-lived
Spelling it Out: A tutorial on teacher evaluations
Teacher evaluations matter because they impact teacher raises and are tied to tax dollars. Here’s what you should know about them.
Spelling it out: Bonds and Levies
This resource aims to demystify bonds and levies and help you be more informed the next time you cast your vote.
Despite retirement, Bauscher’s influence in education lives on
Rich Bauscher, who was once the youngest superintendent in Idaho, still refuses to call it quits on the eve of his 70th birthday.
‘Normal teenage moodiness’ or suicide warning sign? Idaho parents share son’s story
Chris and Roberta Garvin noticed changes in Nick, but he kept his pain hidden.
80-year-old war veteran takes on the Idaho Freedom Foundation
It’s a battle Jim Jones believes is critical to preserving education and democracy in Idaho.
Students, advocates call for more student training on sexual misconduct and Title IX
Training would give young people more control over recognizing, and responding to, sexual violence in their own lives.
Rural Education Association pilots consortiums for districts to help one another with Title IX
Educators in the Magic Valley and lower panhandle are navigating the complicated rules together.
‘You just want to feel safe:’ Transgender youth fights for bathroom access in Jerome
Federal guidelines for interpreting how Title IX applies to transgender youth have changed repeatedly in the past few years.