Idaho EdNews Podcasts

This week’s podcast: 4.3.23

It’s that time of year when spring break is over and a long April and May stretch ahead for teachers and students. How to make the most of it? Hear what our teacher panelists have to say on the newest episode of The Teachers’ Lounge podcast.  And they give tips on juggling extra duties and…

This week’s podcast: 2.23.23

It’ll be a couple of weeks before the K-12 and higher ed budget bills take shape at the Statehouse. To preview the process, Kevin Richert interviews the co-chairs of the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee: Sen. C. Scott Grow, R-Eagle; and Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls. Idaho Education News · Episode 87 On the newest episode of…

This week’s podcast: 2.17.23

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

This week’s podcast: 2.3.23

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 week’s podcasts: 1.27.23

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,…

This week’s podcasts: 1.13.23

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.

This week’s podcast: 1.5.23

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…

This week’s podcast: 12.21.22

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…

This week’s podcast: 12.9.22

It was a big day, and a life-changing day. On one afternoon in October, hundreds of Latino students received a share of nearly $9 million in college scholarships — awarded at the Hispanic Youth Leadership Summit at The College of Idaho. To put these scholarships into perspective, Kevin Richert talks this week with JJ Saldaña,…

11.29.22: This week’s podcasts

Kevin Richert interviewed U of I Provost Torrey Lawrence and Carly Flandro interviews the only teacher on Debbie Critchfield’s transition team, Julie Nawrocki from Idaho Falls.