Kevin Richert

Senior reporter and blogger Kevin Richert specializes in education politics and education policy. He has more than 35 years of experience in Idaho journalism. He is a frequent guest on "Idaho Reports" on Idaho Public Television and "Idaho Matters" on Boise State Public Radio. He can be reached at krichert@idahoednews.org

College of Idaho announces new president

Executive Vice President and Provost David Douglass will take over as president at the Caldwell-based private college, effective June 1. Current President Doug Brigham will stay on as chief executive officer.

Tromp ‘sole finalist’ for University of Vermont presidency

Boise State’s president since July 2019 will interview for the Vermont position this week.

Private security guard leaves gun in Twin Falls grade school bathroom

Students found the gun and reported it to school staff. The guard was fired, the Twin Falls Times-News reported Friday.

Analysis: An internal memo, and an unfiltered look into the fight over WWAMI

The WWAMI debate is about Idaho’s chronic doctor shortage. But it is also a juicy debate over politics, turf and market share — the quiet parts that a University of Idaho memo discusses out loud.

Bloomberg: Phoenix ownership groups are considering an IPO

The move would take the University of Idaho out of the running for a purchase of Phoenix, a for-profit online giant serving some 85,000 students.

Statehouse roundup, 3.7.25: New student immigration bill emerges; JFAC deadlocks on budgets

In other news from a full Friday, the House passed a bill to ban instruction in sexual orientation and gender identity, from kindergarten through 12th grade.

Analysis: Cornered on private school choice, Little makes an appeal to the base

Gov. Brad Little managed to straddle a fence on private school choice until the back end of his second term. Finally forced into taking a stand this year, he looked like someone with an eye on a third term and his next primary.

Analysis: Legislative season is disruption season, and medical education is in the middle of the swirl

A bill to eliminate Idaho’s WWAMI medical school partnership remains in legislative limbo. But the problem is clear: as Idaho grows and its doctors grow older, the physician shortage isn’t going to cure itself.

BYU-Idaho reports an increase in on-campus enrollment

Overall enrollment is down slightly, however, due to a dropoff in online students.

Analysis: The old debate over an aging K-12 funding formula starts again

There seems to be general agreement on the need to do something with Idaho’s convoluted and outmoded K-12 funding formula. But there’s no agreement about what to do.