The remote Southeast Idaho district’s home-learning program has added 2,500 students since 2016, far exceeding growth at any other district or charter in Idaho. It’s now Idaho’s largest virtual school.
East Idaho
Teacher, moonlighting as mayor, sees where education and community intersect
Marc Beitia has a unique view of the needs of his townfolk and their children.
Marsh Valley trustees secretly approve contract extension, pay raise for superintendent
The board chair justified the process, saying, “This is the same process the board has followed for at least 16 years.”
White Pine board chair resigns after tense public exchange
The exchange and resignation marked the latest in the charter school’s ongoing effort to reorganize its governing board after fallout from a botched school board election.
Mortimer won’t seek reelection
The Idaho Falls businessman and current Senate Education Committee chairman says he’ll call it quits after the 2020 legislative session.
Ehardt says the game isn’t over
The second-term lawmaker — and former college basketball coach — hopes to keep sex education and student diversity up for debate.
Take two: Idaho Falls charter elects trustees
White Pine Charter School patrons went back to the polls Tuesday, nearly six months after a botched election that was plagued with allegations of electioneering.
‘School within a school’ lets kids control their learning
Nearly a fourth of Rocky Mountain Middle School students set their own schedules and take tests when they’re ready.
Educators beef up suicide-prevention efforts
Idaho consistently records some of the nation’s highest suicide rates.
City grants permit to Blackfoot charter school
Bingham Academy can continue operating in a former movie theater, a city commission says, as long as the school’s enrollment does not outgrow the facility.