Extra Credit Podcast

Looking ahead to November’s biggest political races

There are just four days to go until Idahoans head to the polls for the 2018 primary elections.

With just 11 days to go until the May 15 primaries, we take a closer look at state superintendent’s race.

The frontrunners mixed it up during a pair of statewide debates this week.

Primary races are heating up as candidates square off in debates and the ads turn ugly.

Take a behind-the-scenes look at our superintendent of public instruction candidate forum.

A look ahead at our April 10 superintendent of public instruction candidate forum.

After 80 unpredictable days under the Statehouse rotunda, the Legislature finally adjourned this week. We’ll break down the late-session drama — and look ahead to May’s primary election.

Breaking down the 2018 Legislative session.

A deep dive into the debate over Idaho’s reading test, the death of Supt. Ybarra’s office budget and the implications for the classroom.

Over the course of just 20 hours this week, Ybarra saw two of her legislative initiatives fail.

Private school scholarships, school election bills, the latest election filings and more.

Senate Education approved new K-12 public school science standards in full, potentially ending a contentious, three-year debate.

On this week’s show: a look at the state’s 48-year-old sex education law, and the proposal to change it.

For the second straight year, legislators voted to remove references to global warming and human impact on the environment from a proposed slate of K-12 science standards.

Two days of politically charged science standards hearings shook up the Idaho Legislature this week.

Catch up on an important week of education budget hearings at the Statehouse.

This week, we take a closer look at teacher salaries and a wild week for a prominent high school principal in New Plymouth.

This week we break down Gov. Otter’s State of the State address and discuss what happens next on the education front.

The 2018 legislative session kicks off Monday, and if Gov. Butch Otter’s press conference preview was any indication, we are in for a wild year.