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

North Idaho teacher explores space with students

Chris Naccarato has transformed his classroom at Priest River Elementary into a combination of NASA’s Mission Control and a space museum, and his students into a top-flight crew.

Idaho teen lands on the TEDx Talk stage

Kate Simonds delivers a message that creative collaboration should be happening between students and adults.

Elementary kids jump to save lives

Watch our video showing Koelsch students jumping rope to raise health awareness and money.

Lawmakers take steps to raise health awareness in schools

Watch video of legislators taking part in the High Five Children’s Health Collaborative, a project that tracks their physical activity and raises money for schools through the Mt. Everest challenge.

Lawmakers sharpen STEM focus with new panel

More than one-third of the Legislature’s 105 lawmakers joined the new, bipartisan STEM Caucus.

Twin Falls educator teaches by example

EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is part of an ongoing series profiling influential or interesting members of Eastern Idaho’s educational community. If you’d like to suggest an educator or administrator to be profiled please email EdNews editor Jennifer Swindell at [email protected]. TWIN FALLS — One of the more difficult responsibilities for new teachers is figuring out…

Improve student engagement, improve success

Data expert Brandon Busteed shared Gallup results on student and workforce engagement during an Ed Sessions lunch on Tuesday.

Student-designed site tracks lawmakers’ steps

A Meridian Technical Charter High School class project created a website that legislators are using to monitor physical activity.

I-DEA models digital learning methods

Director Jason Bransford wants to bring the Idaho Distance Education Academy’s best practices to a broader audience. His students move from in-person instruction to online learning and back again.