Idaho’s Superintendent of Education testified on Capitol Hill Thursday urging House members to overhaul the federal No Child Left Behind Law.

A conversation with Emelie Ritter Saunders about StateImpact Idaho's new interactive app. It features data and personal stories about unemployment in Idaho and lets you share your story with us.

Imagine graduating high school with two years of college already under your belt. That’s the intention of a bill passed Monday by Idaho’s House Education Committee.

The Meridian School District will join Boise and several other Treasure Valley school districts in asking tax payers for more money on March 13th.

Taxi drivers in many cities across the country are required to speak English. That requirement may soon come to taxi drivers navigating Idaho’s capitol city. Tuesday Boise’s city council will likely vote on an ordinance that would require them to be proficient in English.

Idaho’s schools Superintendent has asked lawmakers to increase the money they send to schools by 4.7%. Tom Luna insists lawmakers replace cuts made last year to the chunk of money the state puts aside for teachers’ salaries.

Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna goes before legislative budget writers Thursday morning. He’ll make the case for why public school funding should be increased. Idaho teachers watch this budgeting process closely.

B-Y-U Idaho student McKay Hatch is on a mission to stamp out swear words.

Idaho’s Department of Education plans to opt out of the federal standards that are part of the No Child Left Behind law. Idaho’s application for that waiver lays out a new accountability system for the state’s schools. Linda Clark is Superintendent of the state's largest district. She says many of her schools have been hurt by the performance measurement of the No Child Left Behind law.

Idaho’s Department of Education plans to opt out of the federal standards that are part of the No Child Left Behind law. Idaho’s application for that waiver lays out a new accountability system for the state’s schools.

Governor Butch Otter talked with lawmakers about education in his annual State of the State address Monday. Otter has recently called restoring funds to education one of his top priorities.

Tom Luna told Adam Cotterell, this year he wants to make what he calls “tweaks” to the Students Come First laws.

Idaho’s legislative session gets underway Monday. The new president of the Idaho Education Association talks about what she sees as the top education priorities lawmakers need to address.

“I hope and think that we have seen the end of additional cuts. And hopefully we’ll actually see some restoration of some of the vital programs particularly public education.”

Wednesday Idaho’s State Board of Education approved a raise to boost Coach Chris Petersen’s salary.

The start of 2012 saw Boise students and teachers receive a 16 thousand dollar gift. But it comes from an unlikely benefactor, north Idaho’s Coeur d’Alene Tribe.

Back in September we told you about different ways districts were spending 60 million dollars of state surplus money. This week we’re revisiting some of our best stories from 2011 including Adam Cotterell's story about how districts reacted to the unexpected money at the start of the school year.

More than 40 percent of Idahoans over the age of 50 struggle to pay their utility bills according to a study this month by AARP’s Public Policy Institute.

The former charter school Nampa Classical Academy wants the U.S. Supreme Court to hear its case over its use of the Bible in the classroom.

“The good news is that we did end in the black.... I guess the only part of the bad news is what does the economy have for us in the future?”

Boise’s city council voted unanimously Tuesday to sell Hammer Flat to Idaho’s department of Fish and Game.

Boise’s city council Tuesday votes on whether to sell a piece of land called Hammer Flat to the Idaho Department of Fish and Game.

Friday the Land Trust of the Treasure Valley announced it had purchased a piece of land known as Harrison Hollow. It’s 58 acres in the foothills just north of Boise. It will be set aside as open space.

High school teachers are scheduled to get laptops in fall 2012, the first third of students - fall 2013.

The Idaho Technology Task Force released its list of recommendations Tuesday to guide how implementation of technology mandates from the new Students Come First education laws. There are more than 40 and include laptops for every high school student.