Idaho Department of Education

This year's Idaho Indian Education Summit featured a Traditional Fashion Show honoring the rich cultural heritage of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes and celebrating the strength, creativity, and identity of Tribal youth and communities.

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Thank you to event facilitators Dr. Jessica Matsaw, Assistant Professor of Indigenous Pedagogies at the University of Idaho, and Anna Bowers from the Heritage Tribal Office for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes.

The Idaho Department of Education America250 in Idaho Spirit of 'US' Classroom Competition started out as a simple idea on a whiteboard more than a year ago.

It wrapped up last month with a final IDeal - Idaho College Savings Program raffle drawing. 👇

Mahaylah Kunz
South Fremont High School
Fremont County Joint School District 215

Tanner Stanger
Thomas D. Kershaw Intermediate School
Sugar-Salem School District

Drawn from hundreds of January–April classroom winners, Mahaylah and Tanner received $500 and $250 deposits (respectfully) for their IDeal 529 savings account.

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Special thanks to The Albion Center for Professional Development and IDeal for sponsoring this competition.

National Council on Teacher Quality Report Gives Idaho Top Marks for Teacher Preparation 👇

Superintendent Critchfield was invited to join Idaho agriculture teachers for an annual conference at Meridian High School tonight. 150 teachers from all over the state learned MORE ways to create fun and unique lessons for students.

"And they do this willingly and at the start of their summer!"

Troy Bird, pictured with Superintendent Critchfield, is an incoming Ag Teacher at the Grace School District high school. "But years ago he was the Ag teacher at my kids' high school and he was the school game announcer for girls' and boys' basketball," explains Superintendent Critchfield. As keeper of the book for both girls' and boys' high school basketball, the Superintendent would sit at the score table beside Mr. Bird at almost every Cassia County game.

Thank you to everyone who came out to the most recent Listening Sessions!

Superintendent Critchfield was at the College of Eastern Idaho on June 11 listening to teachers, administrators, parents, and community members share what they value most in education and their vision for a modernized school funding formula.

👉 The next Listening Session is this Thursday, June 18, in north Idaho at the Coeur d'Alene Public Schools' Midtown Meeting Center, 6:00–8:00 PM (PT).

If you aren't able to attend a meeting in person, email your ideas to [email protected]

Over 250 Summer Food Service Program meal sites are operational in Idaho!

There are no income requirements, and children between the ages of 1 and 18 can receive balanced, healthy meals at no cost to them.

Find a site 👇
https://www.fns.usda.gov/summer/sitefinder

Many locations serve two meals a day. Select rural meal sites will allow children to pick up their meals and eat them elsewhere.

117 people participated in the fourth annual Symposium on Civic and History Education Conference for Civic and History Teachers. This year featured Robert J. Allsion, Stewart Gardner, and Kaitlyn Grundy.

55 Idaho K–12 schools/districts were represented.

This event was created to better support teachers on the front lines of raising the next generation of Idahoan Americans. Attendees learn from keynote speakers and break out sessions facilitated by colleagues—all with the aim of developing responsible, thoughtful, and caring leadership and citizenship in Idaho students.

U.S. Department of Education Approves Idaho’s Returning Education to the States Waiver 👇