Featured Series

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

White Pine Charter trustees secretly approved electioneering probe

The board chair acknowledged they may have violated Idaho’s open meeting law.

Remote mountain town rallies around new charter school

The school’s expected opening will follow thousands of dollars in donations, dozens of hours from volunteers and a local push to improve access to public education for kids in the highly rural community.

Idaho Education News, Idaho Statesman to partner on Latino education project

Our reporters will dive into data, listen to Latino communities and explore how the education system works — or doesn’t work — for Latino students.

Boots-on-the ground recruiting boosts migrant enrollment statewide

Plodding through crop fields, shaking hands with dairy farmers and leaving flyers at laundromats: All in a days work when it comes to recruiting students for Idaho’s Migrant Education Program.

98 percent of Idaho teachers earn top marks on evaluations

In 2015, the Legislature tied a teacher’s ability to earn higher pay to performance on their evaluations.

Slideshow: EdNews Announces Summer Photo Contest Winner

Find out which photo was voted the best of the summer.

July Photo Contest! Send us your summer photos

Enter and become eligible for a $100 gift card and EdNews swag. Details are inside.

Families raise $21,000 to keep historic school open

Trustees voted to close the school down. Eight days later, patrons raised enough money to fund the school for at least one more year.

State review finds holes in alternative educator preparation program

The State Board of Education ultimately decides whether or not the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence adequately prepares professionals to teach.