Bluum
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Bluum is a nonprofit organization helping Idaho become a national model for how to maximize learning outcomes for children and families.
Fairness in Facilities: Why Idaho Public Charter Schools Need More Facilities Funding
To document the financial challenges facing Idaho public charter schools, and to help us find ways to improve how charters finance facilities in the Gem State, we engaged the research team at Bellwether Education Partners. In 2016, Bellwether issued Building...
Idaho’s Charter School Students are Learning
A new study that focuses on K-12 students says the school-age population in the Treasure Valley has increased by nearly 40 percent since 2000.
Helping Idaho’s Charters Succeed: What Parents Have to Say
A key Bluum goal is to share research and insights learned in our efforts to help grow successful new school models and develop innovative education leaders. We think education and schooling can only get better if it is informed by research, data and insights from...
Idaho’s Charters Outperform State & National Averages on Nation’s Report Card
A new study that focuses on K-12 students says the school-age population in the Treasure Valley has increased by nearly 40 percent since 2000.
Shackled Education Pioneers – Idaho’s Public Charter Schools at 20
By Terry Ryan and Julie Hahn As Idaho marks 20 years since the first charter schools opened in the Gem State in 1998 it is worth looking back at how the public charter movement started here. That’s the primary purpose of this report. But, as one revisits the history...
Better Together Than Going it Alone
by Terry Ryan, CEO of Bluum, for Thomas B. Fordham's Flypaper Competition or cooperation? The district-charter school debate has swung back and forth between these alternative strategies since the first public charter schools opened twenty-five years ago. No group has...
Public School Funding Formula Committee Meeting (Funding Simulator)
As the start of Idaho's 2018 legislative session draws nearer, the Idaho Public School Funding Formula Committee continues working diligently toward understanding options for school funding in Idaho, since the current funding model was adopted in 1994. This morning,...
Data Shows Rise in Idaho’s Hispanic Student Population
by Angel Gonzalez Education facts from Idaho’s Hispanic Data Book Getting new data on education in Idaho is a treat, particularly for folks who are working to make data-driven decisions to improve our state’s system. There are few opportunities I get throughout the...
Funding our Future: Idaho School Funding Simulator
By Terry Ryan With the right political leadership in coming months and years, Idaho is well positioned to be a national leader in modernizing its public education finance system. The state’s current funding formula goes back to 1994, and according to the Education...
Gaps in Academic Achievement Persist for Low-Income and Latino Students
By Angel Gonzalez, Director of Research All students deserve a chance to succeed. Although we who care about education believe this, it is clear that some students do not get the same opportunities as others based on the conditions into which they are born. In the...
Analysis Finds Large Gaps in Charter Schools’ Access to Facilities
Today, education nonprofit Bellwether Education Partners released an analysis of Idaho’s public charter school facilities landscape. The report analyzes data from a new survey of twenty-six Idaho charter school leaders.
Nonprofit Releases Report On Hispanic Parents
Idaho nonprofit organization Bluum released a new report Wednesday with insights from Hispanic parents in southern and eastern Idaho about their children’s education.