We empower, invest in, and support educational leaders who take risks and put children first.
LET LEARNING GROW.
EMPOWER
We empower educational leaders in the Gem State by providing one- or two-year fellowships to those who take risks and put children first.
INVEST
In partnership with the J.A. and Kathryn Albertson Family Foundation, Bluum serves as a funding intermediary and local champion for supporting entrepreneurial education ventures.
SUPPORT & IMPROVE
Bluum provides partner schools with additional services and technical assistance. Our team can help elevate the business of running a school by reviewing financial infrastructure and identifying areas of strength and areas for improvement.
DISCOVER & INFORM
Bluum has become a go-to resource on education research and innovation. We aim to share the work of Idaho’s high performing schools and outstanding educators. Our hope is that it can become a national model for helping all children reach their fullest potential.
$32,169,806
FEDERAL CHARTER SCHOOLS PROGRAM INVESTMENT
19,286
TOTAL NEW SCHOOL SEATS CREATED
35
TOTAL IDAHO SCHOOLS SUPPORTED
$98,222,342
TOTAL PHILANTHROPIC INVESTMENT
Job Opening –
Idaho Special Education Director Fellowship
If you are interested in this opportunity, please email your resume, cover letter, and references to jribordy@bluum.org with the subject line: “Special Education Director Fellow Application.”
Applications must be received by midnight MT on April 1, 2025.
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Stories
As MOSAICS Public School marks its 5th anniversary, we reflect on the school’s journey and the formation of key partnerships along the way. We dive into the deliberate efforts of the team to establish an intentional culture that withstood the challenges posed by opening during a national pandemic. Additionally, we explore the vision for the future.
We take immense pride in Anthony Haskett and his team, celebrating all that they have accomplished throughout the years.
In early 2023, Margaret Raymond and James Lynn Woodworth, from Stanford’s Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), presented findings on the academic performance of Idaho’s public charter schools. They had been studying charter schools in 29 other states, and said CREDO is known nationally as the “charter school analysis people.” In their 2023 presentation to the Idaho State Board of Education they reported, “Idaho’s special education results are among the best that we’ve seen nationally.” Raymond went on to say, “We normally see a much larger offset of learning in the special education community.” She concluded, “There is an overall best practices emerging from the picture that we see over time in Idaho that we think actually could be important for other charter school communities around the country to look at, particularly in poverty and special education.”
I speak to you today as a sort of metaphorical Ghost of Christmas Past. In 2017, I penned a Guest Column for the Post Register entitled “Idaho needs new school funding formula.” I wrote then, “Idaho’s current K-12 public school funding formula is archaic. It was adopted in 1994, and needs an upgrade to better serve the needs of our students today and into the future. Fortunately, Idaho’s lawmakers understand the challenge and seem poised to make necessary improvements. Their efforts to modernize school funding should be supported and encouraged by parents, taxpayers and everyone interested in the future of Idaho and its children.”
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Idaho's Communities of Excellence Charter School Grant
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