Featured Series

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

A close look at literacy dollars, and literacy demographics

Districts with more at-risk readers receive a bigger share of the state’s $11.25 literacy budget. And these districts tend to face some underlying demographic challenges. Second in a six-part series.

Boise fifth grader to light Capitol Christmas Tree

A St. Mary’s Catholic School student is in Washington D.C. this week to be part of a once in a lifetime opportunity.

Audit finds 99 percent of teacher evaluations were inaccurate or incomplete

Auditors reviewed a random sample of 225 teacher evaluations from 53 districts and found only three that were completed correctly.

Idaho kids focus on programing and computer coding

Monday kicks off Computer Science Education Week, and Code.org’s Hour of Code will teach students from across Idaho new coding skills.

West Ada teens fund school for Kenya kids

Nine thousand miles away in Nguluni, Kenya, four teen girls are attending Caring Hearts High School thanks to tuition raised by Idaho Fine Arts Academy students.

East Idaho educator selected Teacher of the Year

Developing relationships with students and their parents helped Pocatello-Chubbuck kindergarten teacher Mary Spiker earn the state’s highest teaching award.

Pageant winner has passion for volunteer work

A Boise High School senior wants to be a positive role model in the community and is volunteering her time to make a difference.

East Idaho teacher ‘jumped off a cliff’ to start her own school

After 30 years in traditional schools, Michelle Ball launched a charter that focuses learning on ability instead of age.

Student calls his new school ‘a complete experiment’

One Stone, a student-run service organization, opened a unique high school that features project-based learning, coaches and the design-thinking process.