The Kevin Richert Podcast

Idaho Education News reporter Devin Bodkin joins us this week to discuss the latest developments in an investigation into the financial practices of two Blackfoot charter schools. Plus, we highlight the latest legislative news.

Educators, parents and taxpayers had plenty to say during the first major public hearing over a proposal to rewrite Idaho's public school funding formula. We'll break down the debate and look ahead to the next steps.

Legislators just unveiled a draft of a bill to rewrite Idaho's K-12 public school funding formula. We'll take a closer look, and explain why this bill sets up the biggest education debate of the year in Idaho.

This week we focus on Education Week at the Idaho Statehouse, which featured key budget hearings for K-12 public schools and higher education. Plus, what does a new survey reveal about how Idahoans view early childhood education?

This week we take a closer look at two important new data sets — a study on teacher pay and the career ladder and Idaho's latest high school graduation reports.

This week we cover the opening week of the 2019 Idaho Legislative session — from Gov. Brad Little's State of the State address to the budget to the top education issues.

This week we cover Gov.-elect Brad Little's inauguration and look ahead to Little's State of the State address and the opening of the 2019 legislative session.

This week we preview two of the top issues going before the 2019 Idaho Legislature — enrollment and funding.

After weeks of speculation, we now know who will lead the education and budget committees during the 2019 Legislative session. We'll introduce you to the new committee chairmen and look ahead to the big education issues shaping up for 2019.

This week we take a deep dive into co-host Kevin Richert's four-day series examine the obstacles and options Idaho students face after high school. We'll break down the series and invite you to our Dec. 4 town hall discussion at Boise State University.

With the election behind us, the struggle for power and influence in the Legislature begins. On this week's episode we explain why control of the House Education Committee is up for grabs and why there could be a new speaker of the House in 2019.

This week's election will go a long way to shaping education policy in Idaho, so this week's podcast is all about analyzing the results and putting the different pieces into context.

The Nov. 6 general election will go a long way toward shaping Idaho's education policy and state government for years to come. We'll explain what's on the line, which races we're watching and how you can become an informed voter.

This week we look at the latest data tracking Idaho's progress towards its 60 percent education attainment goal. Plus, we discuss some possible consequences of adopting a new school funding formula.

A pair of lively, issues driven debates shook up the state superintendent and governor's races. We'll take a deep dive analyzing each debate and what it means as we close in on the Nov. 6 election.

The state superintendent's race really heated up this, and we break it all down with first hand accounts of schools chief Sherri Ybarra's campaign event and this week's roundtable discussion with challenger Cindy Wilson.

This week, "Idaho Reports" co-host Melissa Davlin joins Clark Corbin on the podcast to offer a preview of all of the statewide political debates ahead of the Nov. 6 election.

This week we explore the work of the school funding formula committee as a major deadline draws near and the public waits to see the numbers.

This week we take a closer at some of the eduction issues shaping this year's campaign, break down the latest endorsements and continue to follow the school safety debate.

This week, there was more pushback on Superintendent of Public Instruction Sherri Ybarra's school safety plan. We'll explain on this week's episode of Extra Credit.

After submitting her budget to the state, Supt. Sherri Ybarra promoted big raises for teachers. When the math didn't work out, she blamed an employee. We'll take a closer look on this week's podcast.

Episode 128 — Fallout From This Week's School Elections by Idaho EdNews

This week we look at the Boise school board elections and Idaho Falls' proposed $100 million bond issue.

This week, Idaho education leaders released a list of the 29 lowest performing schools in the state. We'll explain how the list was determined, what comes next, and how to find out if your school made the list.

This week, we examine some concerns State Supt. Sherri Ybarra's multimillion dollar school security plan. But first, multimedia journalist Andrew Reed joins the podcast to discuss his Inspire Idaho project.