Featured Series

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

NNU director helps change a generation in Liberia

Eric Kellerer travels from Idaho to Africa to bring educational resources to students in poverty.

Boise teens have a need for speed

Technology education students participated in CO2 dragster races competing against other schools learning how to design and modify.

Lawmakers love Pie Day

Parents of home-schooled children annually bake more than 200 pies and give away slices at the Statehouse.

Mentoring improves school culture at Post Falls

Juniors and seniors learn leadership skills while helping freshmen transition into high school. Educators say school culture has improved drastically — “it’s cool to be nice.”

Khan Academy takes Idaho by ‘LearnStorm’

Nearly 25,000 Idaho students are participating in a math challenge program designed to improve their math abilities and build a growth mindset.

Students with disabilities prep for independence

Students in the Boise District’s STEP program are learning how to become independent at home, on a jobsite and in the community.

Your vote can help Jerome kids win $15,000

Enough texts will help Jerome Middle School students earn extra cash to purchase new learning tools for the classroom.

Students learn by stepping back into the 1800s

Every year more than 2,000 students visit Boise’s historic Bown House to learn about Idaho history.

High school teens make sacrifices to complete college courses

Seven students from Vision Charter School in Caldwell will receive associate degrees from the College of Western Idaho this spring. Senior Mitchell Dial said: “My priorities changed when I started taking college classes.”

Competition challenges students to solve real-world problems

Hundreds of middle school students will compete in the 12th annual Future City Regional Competition, a project-based learning experience where students imagine, research, design and build cities of the future.