Idaho EdNews Podcasts

Episode 10: Madness of March

Welcome to episode 10 of the Extra Credit podcast. The final weeks of Idaho’s legislative sessions can get pretty crazy, and this year is no exception. This week, hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin break down the madness, which includes an error-filled state report on educators’ salary bonuses and some bad blood between lawmakers. Richert…

Episode Nine: Unfinished Business

Welcome to episode nine of the Extra Credit podcast. This week, hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin dissect the new public school budget. They also explain why lawmakers’ work on education funding likely isn’t finished. Then, Corbin highlights a new bill that is designed to increase oversight of teacher evaluations, which have become a controversial…

Episode eight: the numbers game

Hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin offer an early look at the public school budget that will be set Monday. They also offer a few reckless predictions for when the Legislature may adjourn for the year.

Episode seven: Literacy

Welcome to episode seven of the Extra Credit podcast. It was a busy week at the Statehouse, and hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin are here to summarize all the biggest education news. This week, they cover all the bumps in the road that a literacy proposal hit, leading to the introduction of a rewritten…

Episode Six: Weird Science, Part Two

Hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin discuss all the biggest Statehouse news, including the process that led to the creation of the ill-fated science standards, a proposed constitutional amendment and a literacy proposal that appears to be in jeopardy.

Episode five: Weird science

Hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin cover all the week’s big topics in education, including an update on proposed science standards and a close look at the ongoing debate over tax cuts and education funding levels.

Episode four: Education Week in Idaho

Hosts Clark Corbin and Kevin Richert highlight all the developments from a busy Education Week at the Statehouse.

Episode three: Literacy, STEM and Statehouse politics

Hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin catch listeners up on all the latest education policy initiatives and offer a preview of the all-important education week happenings on tap for next week.

Episode two: Education takes center stage

Welcome to episode two of the Extra Credit podcast. This week, hosts Kevin Richert and Clark Corbin discuss the first week of the legislative session. They hit the highlights from Gov. Butch Otter’s State of the State address and talk about how education issues could play out during the rest of the session. They also…

Idaho EdNews’ first episode

A preview of Gov. Butch Otter’s State of the State address and talk about the education issues that are likely to dominate the 2016 legislative session.