Featured Series

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

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.

Band director makes a big difference in short time

School Band and Orchestra Magazine honors Capital High teacher Casey Lindorfer, who is just three years out of college.

Teens break Post-It note world record

One Stone high school students to create a world record breaking mural to promote student voice.

Superintendent speaks at TEDx Talk

Madison School District’s Geoff Thomas delivers a message to restore and not reform public education.

Teen transforms talents from the court to the classroom

Travis Yenor accepted a full-ride athletic scholarship to Masters College, but his future is more than playing basketball.

Kuna teacher switches careers to teach fitness

Shawn Patterson, a physical education teacher at Crimson Point Elementary, went from making $56,000 a year to $19,000 — all to teach kids how to live an active lifestyle.

Boise kids belt out holiday sounds

  Parents, grandparents and teachers packed the Washington Elementary school gym in Boise on Thursday for the annual holiday choir program. Nearly 100 students took the stage to perform holiday songs like “Rudolph”, “Deck the Halls” and “My Two Front Teeth”. Watch the video to listen to the kids sing holiday classics.