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

Durst takes job with conservative Christian lobbying group

Branden Durst will work for the Idaho Family Policy Center, a nonprofit that describes itself as “the premier conservative Christian policy research and educational organization in the state.”

Analysis: Idaho State gambles to build its academic advising program

Idaho State University is using private donations to hire staff to help at-risk students — and address luckluster retention and graduation rates. And President Kevin Satterlee is calling out legislators for failing to support the hires.

Episode 60: Byron Yankey’s 51-year professional journey

Byron Yankey dedicated his 51-year professional career to education. As a teacher, a principal and, for the past decade, as the manager of the State Board of Education’s college and career advising program. Yankey retired last week. But he joins Kevin Richert on this week’s podcast, to talk about his career and the challenge of…

Reading scores improve, approach pre-pandemic levels

The May scores represent across-the-board improvements from 2021, the first year after the COVID-19 pandemic. INSIDE: School-by-school results.

U of I owes a $400,000 airline subsidy

The money will subsidize Alaska Airlines flights linking Boise and Pullman, Wash. The flights failed to meet the airline’s target of a 10% profit.

Eleven and counting: More candidates jump into Boise trustee races

Boise’s candidate filing period closes at 5 p.m. Friday. The election will be held on Sept. 6.

Boise’s incumbent trustees will seek re-election

In a joint statement, the incumbents touted community support for Boise schools — and graduation rate numbers that don’t square with the state’s figures.

ProPublica: ‘Boise State has yielded again and again’ to conservative pressures

Reporters Daniel Golden and Kirsten Berg use Boise State as the focal point for an in-depth investigation of the national tensions between higher education leaders and red-state policymakers.

Another strange summer election season begins in Boise

Five of Boise’s seven school board seats are up for grabs. Candidate filing season opens Monday. The election is Sept. 6, the Tuesday after Labor Day.

Idaho delegation votes no as Congress passes gun safety bill

The newly passed law contains more than $1 billion to address school safety.