Featured Series

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

Elementary teacher ditches classroom desks

An East Idaho educator is trying a more diverse seating repertoire to combat overcrowding and help hyperactive kids contain their “wiggles.”

Teacher salaries up 5 percent, two years into career ladder

In the coming weeks, lawmakers will consider putting another $62 million into teacher pay. Is this cash infusion helping schools recruit and retain quality teachers?

Lawmaker calls Idaho teen ‘our hope for the future’

Kathy Min, a Centennial High School senior, speaks three languages, loves politics and aspires to study law at Yale University.

Idaho students to attend Trump inauguration

Idaho School for the Deaf and Blind students will witness history this month thanks to an all-expense-paid trip to the 58th presidential inauguration.

North Idaho students prepare for NASA launch

After a year of research and design, Rathdrum students are set to blast-off a cube-shaped nanosatellite into orbit.

Some Idaho districts communicate with Facebook

But most avoid the social media platform, because of staffing reasons, and promote individual schools to use it.

World-class cellist changes tempo to teach Idaho kids

Ellen Sanders is taking her 40 years of experience as a musician and bringing it to the classrooms of the Blaine County School District.

Confusion abounds in wake of teacher evaluations review

Some school districts destroy classroom observations, while others keep them and were able to give them to the state for review. A state spokesman said submitting the observations for review “wasn’t optional.”