by Bluum Admin | Jan 16, 2018 | In The News, Research
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...
by Bluum Admin | May 30, 2017 | In The News, Innovative Ideas, School Models
High school Graduation is an important milestone in the life of every student, but graduating seniors in Morenci, a rural mining town of about 2,000 citizens southeast of Phoenix near the New Mexico border have extra cause for celebration. This year, nearly one in...
by Bluum Admin | May 22, 2017 | In The News, Innovative Ideas
by Terry Ryan and Paul Hill This post originally appeared on the Brookings Brown Center Chalkboard Rural America is not your grandparents’ heartland. Its population is getting older: 21 of the 25 oldest counties in the United States are rural. It’s no longer...
by Bluum Admin | Dec 27, 2016 | In The News, Innovative Ideas
By Marc Carignan Idaho’s charter public schools are among the state’s top-performing schools. Five of the state’s top 15 public schools in (as measured by 2015-16 achievement tests) are charter schools. In math, the top three schools are all charters. Moreover, there...
by Bluum Admin | Dec 7, 2016 | Research
Washington, DC, December 8, 2016 — 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. It describes...
