education

After a full year of dealing with various levels of masks and Zooms, teachers need some love! It's Teacher Appreciation Week, and there are several Boise spots with freebies and deals.

Boise Music Week is May 2nd through the 15th, and yes, it's true: Boise Music Week is actually two weeks long! This is a Treasure Valley tradition that started after World War I when a soldier came home with the idea to have the city show off their musical talents...

EDITORS NOTE: Twin Falls apparently feels differently. Read their response here.
I ran into someone from Twin Falls yesterday that told me how much better Twin is than Boise. I literally fell out of my chair from laughter. The fact that anyone could possibly believe that Twin is even on par with Bois…

A website called greatschools.org, they are an independent non-profit that use a variety of indicators and metrics from schools to give a well-rounded picture of how effectively each school serves its students. What are the schools in the Treasure Valley that need the most help or have the most room…

A website called greatschools.org, they are an independent non-profit that use a variety of indicators and metrics from schools to give a well-rounded picture of how effectively each school serves its students. Did your old school or your child's school make the list of perfect ranked schools i…

As colleges scramble to prepare for a safe school year in the midst of the pandemic, are they prepared to enforce safe social distancing among their students?

West Ada School District was so overwhelmed with the call outs, they were forced to cancel school today and tomorrow. Teachers are expected to continue until there is a change made.

In 1986, I was an extremely impressionable nine-year-old boy in the fourth grade. Like everyone my age at that time, I was obsessed with space. I loved Star Wars, E.T., and the Pigs In Space segment of The Muppet Show. I had NASA themed LEGO's, dressed up as Darth Vader for Halloween, and a pos…

Would you believe that Colorado is more educated than Idaho? Apparently, it's true. But we are smarter than Nevada, so there's that.

Some of them are in areas so remote, the only way people can explain them is by pointing to the skies of above and saying aliens put them there.