Featured Series

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

Schools split over the way they pay teachers

About half of Idaho’s districts and charters have recently adopted a Legislature-approved model to pay teachers, while the others continue to use the old salary model.

Vallivue teacher makes math successful for all

Nearly 95 percent of students who go through Krause classroom have passed his class. Find out what he’s doing differently.

‘Voices can be used to make a difference’

Michelle Chavez, an English teacher at Weiser High School, is teaching students the power of their voice and how silence signals acceptance through her Holocaust literature class.

Non-traditional hires surge amid Idaho’s teacher shortage

In increasing numbers, Idaho schools are hiring professionals with no teaching experience or college graduates who didn’t major in education. They’re also shuffling teachers into hard-to-fill vacancies.

97 percent of teachers earn top marks on latest evaluations

State Board of Education member Debbie Critchfield believes evaluations are improving and the State Board has added more transparency to the process with its annual review process.

Idaho teens aren’t getting state-mandated help planning their careers

Counselors say they don’t have enough time to help students create learning plans for traversing high school and beyond, even though lawmakers have recently invested millions into the project.

Driving the bus and playing the blues: The ballad of Carlton Moore

Moore’s band is performing at a fundraiser sponsored by local bus drivers on Friday, Sept. 29 at Boise’s South Junior High.

Boise educator honored by Yale University

East Junior High counselor Josh Ritchie was nominated for the Yale Educator Award by a Borah High graduate who credits Ritchie for her getting into Yale.