Idaho EdNews Staff

We’re midway through the 2023 legislative session, more or less. And education issues are beginning to percolate at the Statehouse. This week, Kevin Richert interviews the chairs of Legislature’s education committees: Sen. Dave Lent, R-Idaho Falls, and Rep. Julie Yamamoto, R-Caldwell. Idaho Education News · Episode 86

What do Idahoans think of their state these days? They’re not sure they like the direction the state is going. They’re concerned about the economy. And they have definite opinions about where the state should spend its education dollars. Those are a few takeaways from Boise State University’s eighth annual Idaho Public Policy Survey, released…

This is “Education Week” at the Statehouse — and that means a lot of talk about schools and money. Clark Corbin of Idaho Capital Sun joins Kevin Richert this week, to take a deep dive into the dollars, and the most powerful committee in the Statehouse. Idaho Education News · Episode 184 As a teacher,…

Listen in as Kevin Richert analyzes Gov. Brad Little’s State of the State speech, and Carly Flandro interviews a kindergarten teacher about switching to full-day kinder.

The 2023 Legislature has a huge sum of money it could put into education — starting with $330 million for K-12, earmarked by lawmakers in September. The spending and policy decisions fall to a new-look Legislature, including 45 lawmakers who weren’t in the Statehouse a year ago. It adds up to an eventful and unpredictable…

It’s going to be a new legislative session for dozens of lawmakers. And for the Mountain States Policy Center, a fledgling, free-market think tank based in Coeur d’Alene. This week, Kevin Richert interviews Chris Cargill, the center’s president and CEO, about the group’s priorities in education — and the results of its recent statewide public…