The school’s expected opening will follow thousands of dollars in donations, dozens of hours from volunteers and a local push to improve access to public education for kids in the highly rural community.
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Families raise $21,000 to keep historic school open
Trustees voted to close the school down. Eight days later, patrons raised enough money to fund the school for at least one more year.
Summer camp gets Canyon County kids excited about learning
Students participated in activities focused on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
Teachers create lessons plans from award-winning TV series
Idaho Public Television partners with Idaho educators to develop curriculum for fourth graders based on the “Idaho Experience” series.
Canyon County’s education consortium celebrates 50 years of service
What was a financial gamble in 1969, the Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency has provided 50 years of special education, CTE and alternative education for students in Homedale, Marsing, Notus, Parma and Wilder.
Seeking solutions for Idaho education
Journalists search for the truth and expose the problems. In a series we’ll publish next week, we are supporting those investigations with in-depth reports on what’s going right.
‘Poverty is our biggest challenge in education’
Decades of research highlight the long-running correlation between high poverty rates and low student performance — a “crisis” that’s become the “norm” in schools across the nation.
Washington teachers enforce high standards
Evergreen Elementary was considered the “armpit” of the district, teachers say, until they stopped making excuses.
Murtaugh defies the odds with early learning and math improvements
Educators at this rural, high-poverty school attribute gains in student achievement to an increased focus on math instruction and long-running pre-K and all-day kindergarten programs.
Montana elementary teachers team up to battle poverty’s impacts
Peterson Elementary School has boosted achievement among students in poverty through a collaborative model that emphasizes literacy and high expectations.
Las Vegas school connects disadvantaged kids to careers
East Career and Technical Academy is helping students in poverty perform beyond state averages in areas where they typically fall behind. The trick of the trade: An emphasis on career-technical classes.
‘If I didn’t have an education, I didn’t have much’
How one teenager overcame the obstacles of living in poverty.
How will Idaho reduce the achievement gap?
Children who live in poverty perform below their peers academically. Lawmakers and education leaders are considering investments aimed at reversing the trend.
TVLA students battle in master-chef-style competition
The goal was for students to create an easy-to-make, healthy recipe using ingredients that are commonly found in food pantries.
One Stone’s first graduating class makes its way to college
Seniors from the break-the-mold, tuition-free independent high school received admissions offers from 45 different public and private colleges and universities from coast to coast.
Coeur d’Alene students bond with their neighbors
Borah Elementary kids build relationships with community members through a variety of activities.
Students clash in annual quiz bowl
Hundreds of East Idaho students competed in the science-focused event covering a range of academic subjects.
Coeur d’Alene invests in mental health and wellness initiatives
Prevention and intervention programs were initiated to combat drug abuse, stress, poverty, homelessness and depression.