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

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.

Oneida’s unorthodox digital partnership impacts millions of dollars and hundreds of students

An Idaho Education News investigation uncovered an arrangement that survives on non-traditional funding practices where money is shuffled through an out-of-state, for-profit company that delivers curriculum to more than 500 Idaho students.