Featured Series
Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.
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.
Idaho schools scramble to catch up with sexual harassment requirements
Title IX has long applied to the way schools should respond to allegations of sexual harassment and assault as a form of discrimination. But K-12 schools have been slow to catch on.
Technology, tutors and T-shirts: How Idaho schools will spend a $440 million federal windfall
EdNews read and analyzed all school district and charter spending plans it could find on websites, where plans are required to be posted, and found the plans vary widely.
Can Idaho’s charter schools diversify?
An overall lack of student diversity in Idaho’s charter schools has fueled a range of efforts to bring school choice to a wider array of students. But challenges persist.
‘I took it as a challenge’: Families tell why they choose charters
It may be the school’s reputation for pushing kids academically. Or not.