by Bluum Admin | Jan 9, 2019 | Research
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...
by Bluum Admin | Dec 18, 2018 | Research, School Choice, School Models
Bluum is organized to seek out, vet and support innovative leaders and high-performing school models. Quality is our focus, because quality is what counts. Bluum is governance neutral. We support public charter schools, district innovation schools, and private schools...
by Bluum Admin | Oct 26, 2018 | In The News, Innovative Ideas
By Terry Ryan, originally posted on IdahoEdNews.org The Idaho Public School Funding Formula Committee (a group of state lawmakers, policy makers and education leaders) has spent the last three years convening multiple hearings in Boise and across the state to learn...
by Bluum Admin | Sep 13, 2018 | In The News, Partner School News
North Idaho STEM Charter Academy is one of the state’s highest performing schools; in addition to a 100% college acceptance rate, their inaugural graduating class also designed and built a satellite. As a public charter school, they have the freedom to innovate,...
by Bluum Admin | Apr 20, 2018 | In The News, Research
Idaho is one of the few states in the country that breaks out NAEP achievement data for students in public charter schools. NAEP is considered the “Nation’s Report Card.” NAEP is administered every odd year across the country. In Idaho, the state’s public charter...
