Featured Series
Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.
Meridian teen plays her way to Carnegie Hall
Alex Mostar, a oboe performer, was one of 750 musicians selected from 18,000 applications from around the world to perform in the 2017 High School Honors Performance Series.
Kerby reprimanded for violating state law and code of ethics
The lawmaker and former superintendent “willfully or deliberately” omitted teacher evaluation data, according to a state review panel.
State reprimands Sugar-Salem superintendent for altering data
“…Dunn misrepresented or deliberately omitted information regarding the evaluation of personnel…” a state agency ruled.
Help an Idaho classroom on #GivingTuesday
Donorschoose.org is participating in the global day of giving and you can help fund learning projects.
New school pushes kids outside to learn
“People were begging for a different way to educate their children and I knew I could make the change,” said Coeur d’Alene School District principal Bill Rutherford.
Blaine County kids travel through time to learn
Teachers are guiding students to explore the world through virtual reality.
Charter school gives teens an alternative option
A new Nampa school helps struggling high school students get back on track to graduate.
Teens slice and dice their way through school
A West ada culinary arts program received an Exemplary Award from the Idaho State Department of Education.
At $194.7 million, Idaho’s supplemental levy bill keeps rising
During the recession, schools used the local levies to offset unprecedented state budget cuts. The state’s K-12 budget is rebounding, but districts are still relying on help from local taxpayers.
Meridian teacher creates ‘coolest classroom on campus’
Susan Woodard, a teacher at Pathways Middle School, developed a hands-on learning lab to teach kids how to invent solutions to real-world problems.