The Kevin Richert Podcasts

This week — all the highlights from the Legislature and a deep dive into teacher pay and other issues like to dominate policy debates in the weeks ahead.

This week’s podcast is devoted to the first week of Idaho’s 2017 legislative session and the education issues that are likely to make a difference.

This week on Extra Credit: We preview the upcoming legislative session and recap Gov. Butch Otter’s discussion with the press corps during the AP legislative preview.

Special guest J.J. Saldana from the Idaho Commission on Hispanic Affairs joined the Extra Credit podcast for a special live broadcast.

This week, we highlight new House Education Committee Chairwoman Julie VanOrden and explain her goals for the year ahead.

Jaclyn Kettler from Boise State University joins the podcast this week as we take a closer look at elections results and answer questions submitted over social media.

Sizing up election results and explaining why parents and teachers are frustrated with Idaho’s plan to comply with a federal education law.

On this week’s podcast we offer up a preview of your Idaho ballot, break down the the issues and highlight some races to keep an eye on Nov. 8.

Welcome to episode 43 of the Extra Credit podcast. This week, hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin take a look at Idaho’s closely-watched go-on rate. Last week, we reported the percent of high school graduates going on with their education dropped from 52 percent to 46 percent. This week, we take a closer look at…