Featured Series
Stories about Idaho’s educators, students and policy makers plus features on bright spots in Idaho education.
‘No time to waste:’ Notus runs at a fast pace
The Notus School District is a success story — but, perhaps, a success story that just happens to be unfolding on a four-day campus.
A schedule change saves money. Just not much.
And for some four-day districts, even the modest savings came at an unacceptable cost to employees.
Preston upholds a decision driven by dollars
Five years after adopting a four-day calendar, daunting fiscal realities continue to confront Preston schools.
Four-day school test scores are inconclusive — but troubling
It’s difficult to draw firm conclusions from Idaho’s test results. Sample sizes are small. Long-term trends are elusive.
Sage and COSSA Academy: Two four-day outliers
The two schools are shaped by their four-day calendar — but are defined, starkly, by differing demographics.
An unproven experiment, involving 26,881 Idaho students
Opinions about Idaho’s four-day schools are rampant. Hard statistics are scarce.
Data dive: Surprising statistics on four-day schools
Some four-day school statistics confirm conventional wisdom. Others contradict political rhetoric.
Charter trustee elected ISBA president
Winner John Menter is a board member for Moscow Charter. He won a three-way race against West Ada’s Mike Vuittonet and Boise’s A.J. Balukoff.
West Ada trustee discusses his past and his future
Mike Vuittonet, a long-time Idahoan with seven kids who attended Meridian schools, share his life experiences and reflects on how they might prepare him for what’s ahead.
Kids have a field day learning about the environment
Students from Council, Cambridge and New Meadows elementary schools left the classroom and entered the woods for a day of hands-on learning at the annual Forestry Expo.