Featured Series
Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.
BYU-Idaho teacher preparation program falls short of state requirements
Teacher candidates will have to take additional coursework to complete their certification.
Chess helps low-income students understand STEM skills
A 28-year old Boise entrepreneur helps students learn science, technology, engineering and math.
Meridian teens develop skills outside the classroom
West Ada seniors participate in a career fair in hopes to land an externship working in a pharmacy.
After-school program focuses on next-generation leaders
Everyday Leadership is hosted at six Boise schools and targets low-income students.
Students learn to program and computer code
Monday kicks off Computer Science Education Week.
Rhodes Scholar is motivated by ‘deep questions in the world’
Elena Gallina, a Boise State University graduate, is a 2019 recipient of the oldest and most prestigious international academic award available to Americans.
‘We need to look systemically:’ bridging Native American student achievement gaps
Native American students lag behind their classmates on many education metrics — but there are glimmers of hope.
Idaho seeks to change minds — and mindsets — about the value of education
Idaho’s “60 percent goal” defines a target, while trivializing the challenge. In trying to convince high school graduates to stay in school, Idaho is seeking to create new family histories and establish new community beliefs.
‘It can’t just be education. It can’t just be industry.’ A partnership template
Mini-Cassia students can work under a unique apprenticeship program that promises high school credits, summer work — and a permanent job after graduation. Partners say the formula could work for other communities and industries.
Career-technical education emerges as a pathway to the workplace, or college
In rural communities, career-technical education is often seen as a complement, or a counterweight, to the push to college. But schools often struggle to find qualified CTE teachers, or provide a full slate of course offerings.