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The Kevin Richert Podcast — 375 episodes
Episode 104: A pre-session preview for 2026
Episode 103: Talking elections, 2025 and 2026, with Jaclyn Kettler
Episode 102: A conversation with Derek Bub
Episode 101: A Conversation With Dave Lent
Episode 101: A Conversation With Dave Lent
Episode 100: A look at the $50 million private school tax bill
Episode 99: A pre-legislative session conversation
Episode 98: Yes, there are elections in Idaho worth watching
Episode 97: A conversation with Joshua Whitworth
Episode 96: A postsession conversation with Debbie Critchfield
Episode 95: Previewing a pivotal legislative session
Ep. 20: A science teacher's dream PD — an expedition to Patagonia
Episode 94: Boise State's capital campaign ... and more
Ep. 19: Meeting Idaho's 2024 Teacher of the Year, Trent Van Leuven
Episode 93: Talking with trustees
Ep. 18: Why Idaho's 2023 teacher of the year left the state — and K-12 education
Episode 92: Covering a lot of political landscape
Ep. 17: How to make students really, truly love learning? Misha Smith has answers.
Episode 91: The University of Phoenix interview
Ep. 16: Teaching migrant summer school with Melyssa Perez
Episode 90: C. Scott Green talks about the U of I-University of Phoenix megadeal
Ep. 15: Teacher Panel: Summer break, teacher appreciation, and favorite teachers
Episode 89: Previewing a big-money school election day
Ep. 14: From the classroom to the House floor with Rep. Matthew Bundy
Episode 88: Little looks back on 2023 session
Ep. 13: What it's like to be a teacher and lawmaker with Rep. Soñia Galaviz
Ep. 12: Teacher Panel: spring teaching, teacher hats, and relationship building
Ep. 11: Teacher Panel: Teaching myths, extreme student behavior, success stories
Episode 87: The education budgets, a preview
Episode 86: A midterm report, with the Legislature's education chairs
Episode 85: What do Idahoans think of their state
Ep. 10: Teaching students to navigate misinformation with Dr. Jeffrey Wilhelm
Episode 84: Talking budgets, and there's a lot to talk about
Episode 83: The education talking points from the State of the State speech
Ep. 9: Switching to full-day kindergarten and more with teacher Valerie Tims
Episode 82: Previewing a big-money, high-stakes legislative session
Episode 81: Talking education with a new Idaho think tank
Episode 80: One day, $9 million in student scholarships
Ep. 8: An interview with the only teacher on Debbie Critchfield's transition team, Julie Nawrocki
Episode 79: 'This is hard for everybody:' the U of I navigates a tragic autumn
Ep. 7: Mental health in schools from a school counselor's perspective with Nancy Goodman
Episode 78: After the election, a look at CWI's future
Ep. 6: Ensuring success and equitable opportunities for all students with Dr. Sheldon L. Eakins
Episode 77: Takeaways from Election 2022
Episode 76: ICYMI, there's an election next week
Episode 75: Breaking down Idaho's good-news, bad-news NAEP scores
Episode 74: Debates are happening (and not happening)
The Teachers' Lounge Episode 5: Solving the teacher shortage with Lynn Gangone
Episode 73: Candidate interview, Debbie Critchfield
The Teachers' Lounge Episode 4: Meet Idaho's 2023 Teacher of the Year
Episode 72: Candidate interview, Terry Gilbert
Episode 71: A Conversation with Wendy Horman
Book bans and challenges from an English teacher's perspective with guest Lyndsey Matthews
Episode 39
Episode 69: A conversation with Kevin Satterlee
The Teachers' Lounge Episode 2: A conversation with Miss Idaho 2022 -- who is also a math teacher
Episode 68: A conversation with Shiva Rajbhandari
Episode 67: Breaking down an extraordinary week
The Teachers' Lounge Episode 1: On creating a work-life balance
Episode 66: A high-stakes week ahead for education
Episode 65: A Tall Task at North Idaho College
Episode 64: Meet new Idaho EdNews reporter Carly Flandro
Episode 63: A crucial election in Coeur d'Alene
Episode 62: What's the COVID-19 prognosis for the fall?
Episode 61: A huge surplus, and a big convention
Episode 60: Byron Yankey's 51-year professional journey
Episode 59: A newsy summer on the school choice front
Episode 58: What the future holds for the Reclaim Idaho initiative
Episode 57: an inflection point in the school safety debate
Episode 56: What's the state of early education in Idaho?
Episode 55: Breaking down the wild GOP primaries
Episode 54: Idaho's nationalized elections
Episode 53: After the debates and before the election ...
Episode 52: Candidate interview, Brad Little
Episode 51: It's debate season in Idaho ... or is it?
Episode 50: Money and politics ... together again
Episode 49: After the '22 session, how will K-12 spend its new money?
Episode 48: Reporter reset, the 2022 Legislature
Episode 47: Candidate interview, Ed Humphreys
Episode 46: Candidate interview, Sherri Ybarra
Episode 45: Candidate interview, Scott Bedke
Episode 44: Breaking down the education budget debates
Episode 43: Candidate interview, Debbie Critchfield
Episode 42: A conversation with Alex LaBeau of IACI
Episode 41: A (sort of) unannounced gubernatorial campaign picks up
Episode 40: A conversation with CWI President Gordon Jones
Episode 39: What Idahoans have to say about Idaho
Episode 38: The state of the Idaho Democratic Party
Episode 37: A conversation with Tom Luna
Episode 36: Previewing the 2022 Legislature, a roundtable
Episode 35: Looking back at '21, looking ahead to '22
Episode 34: Hints about the '22 session, and the Yenor story
Episode 33: Trustees talk about the job, and what keeps them coming back
Episode 32: Mapping Idaho's changing election landscape
Episode 31: Talking about this week's school board elections.
Episode 30: Meet Idaho's Teacher of the Year
Episode 29: Trustee turmoil, and school board elections
Episode 28: COVID and children's health, an inside look
Episode 27: Reclaim Idaho's $300 million education vision
Episode 26: The present, and the future, of online higher ed
Episode 25: An interview with Boise State President Marlene Tromp
Episode 24: A challenging start for West Ada's Derek Bub
Episode 23: A conversation about crisis and opportunity, with the IEA
Episode 22: Discussing Idaho's COVID-19 crisis, with Dr. David Pate
Episode 21: A tumultuous summer in the Boise School District
Episode 20: Charter schools, and the challenges of growth
Episode 19: A conversation with Kurt Liebich
Episode 18: The delta variant, and the implications for fall
Episode 17: The virtual learning boom, and what comes next
Episode 16: A midsummer back-to-school status update
Episode 15: A reunion (and recap) podcast
Episode 14: A backlash against extremism
Episode 13: Challenges in the Latino community, in the pandemic and beyond
Episode 12: A conversation with Bert Glandon
Episode 11: The political silly season starts early
Episode 10: What's next for early education in Idaho?
Episode 9: A conversation with C. Scott Green
Episode 8: A minority report, from Rep. Ilana Rubel
Episode 7: A conversation with Gov. Brad Little
Episode 6: Transition and turbulence in West Ada
Episode 5: The 2021 Legislature seems different. Is it?
Episode 4: What we learned about mental health issues in schools
Episode 3: Coronavirus and classrooms, a conversation with Dr. David Pate
Episode 2: The pandemic exposes issues of equity
Episode 1: What to expect when the Legislature returns
Kevin's Podcast: Introduction
Episode: 246 An End Of An Era
Episode 245: How Idaho's 60 percent goal almost died
Episode 244: Schools Move Toward Reopening For In-Person Learning
Episode 243: Statehouse Debate Heats Up With Hot Button Issues Introduced
Episode 242: Inside Education Week At the Idaho Statehouse
Episode 241: One step closer to normal, teachers turn out in force for vaccine
Episode 240: The 2021 Legislative Session Kicks Off
Episode 239: An Uncertain Legislative Session Looms
Episode 238: 2020 Year in Review
Episode 237: Questions Emerge About Upcoming Legislative Session
Episode 236: A Closer Look at Idaho's New Senate Education Committee Chairman
Episode 235: As Coronavirus Cases Spike, News of Vaccine Offers Hope
Episode 234: Schools Face Gut-Wrenching Decisions As Virus Spreads
Episode 233: Breaking Down Election 2020 Results
Episode 232: When The Numbers Become The Story
Episode 231: West Ada Returns to School But Challenges Remain
Episode 230 West Ada Teachers Plan Massive Sick Days In Protest Of In-Person Learning
Episode 229: Troubling Trends with the Coronavirus
Episode 228: College Campuses Become a Flashpoint In Idaho's Coronavirus Battle
Episode 227: A Sobering Week For School Reopening
Episode 226: Funding, furloughs and football
Episode 225: Little Plans To Offset $99 Million Education Holdbacks Mixdown
Episode 224: School Reopening Is Local Control In Action
Episode 223: A Wild Special Legislative Session Plays Out During the Pandemic
Episode 222: It's Been A Shaky Start As Idaho Heads Back to School
Episode 221: Latinos Are More Wary of Sending Kids Back to School
Episode 220: School Reopening Realities and School Reopening Rhetoric
Episode 219: Idaho's Evolving School Reopening Debate
Episode 218: Teachers Express Safety Concerns As First Day of School Draws Closer
Episode 217: The Policy And Politics Of Reopening Schools
Episode 216: State Responds To Increase In Boise Coronavirus Cases
Episode 215: Local School Districts To Develop Fall Reopening Plans
Episode 214: A Closer Look at Idaho's Response to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Episode 213: Supreme Court Justices Grill Attorneys in Ybarra Lawsuit
Episode 212: A Glimpse into What School Might Look Like in the Fall
Episode 211: Bracing for a $99 million cut to the school budget
Episode 210: Some Closure on School Closures
Episode 209: Idaho Begins A Gradual Reopening
Episode 208: Education Leaders Brace For More Budget Cuts
Episode 207: What It Takes To Reopen Idaho's Schools
Episode 206: Statewide School Closure Extended Through The End Of The Academic Year — With A Caveat
Episode 205: Schools Brace For Budget Holdbacks
Episode 204: Idaho Ramps Up Coronavirus Response
Episode 203: The Legislature Kept Working as the Coronavirus Spread
Episode 202: Idaho Declares Coronavirus Emergency
Episode 201: A Closer Look at the Public Schools Budget
Episode 200: Short Tempers And Plenty of Legislative Action
Episode 199: Rep. Barbara Ehardt's Big Week At The Statehouse
Episode 198: The standards issue is settled ... for now
Episode 197: The House rolls the dice on a standards overhaul
Episode 196: The standards standoff ... and more
Episode 195: Just your standard Education Week
Episode 194: Common Core hearings begin
Episode 193: And so it begins ... the 2020 #idleg
Episode 192: It's time for the 2020 Legislature
Episode 191: The Year In Review
Episode 190: Introducing Our New Literacy Project
Episode 189: The Legislative Shakeup Arrives Early
Episode 188: Introducing the Latino Listening Project
Episode 187: Education Task Force Special Edition
Episode 186: A Closer Look at Supplemental Levies and Tuesday's Election
Episode 185: Breaking Down a Batch of New Test Scores
Episode 184: An Inside Look At Gov. Little's State Board Search
Episode 183: A Closer Look At The New Reading Scores
Episode 182: How Will Idaho Respond To Missing Its Math and English Benchmarks?
Episode 181: Breaking Down The Master Educator Premium Bonuses
Episode 180: A Closer Look At The State Board of Education's Powerful New Member
Episode 179: The Debate Over Teacher Pay
Episode 179: Analyzing Idaho's Debate Over Teacher Pay
Episode 179: Analyzing The Teacher Pay Debate
Episode 178: Idaho's Jump Into All-Day Kindergarten
Episode 177: The Future of School Funding in Idaho
Episode 176: An Under-The-Radar School Election
Episode 175: New Boise State President Marlene Tromp Steps Into The Spotlight
Episode 174: Education Task Force Picks Up The Pace
Episode 173: Another Deep Dive Into Teacher Evaluations
Episode 172: All About New University of Idaho President Scott Green
Episode 171: Charter Commission May Have Broken Open Meeting Law
Episode 170: More Fallout From Republican Lawmakers Fight With Boise State University
Episode 169: Lawmakers push back against Boise State's diversity efforts
Episode 168: Find Out How To Get Our New Book
Episode 167: State Board of Education To Replace Two Longest Serving Members
Episode 166: The intersection of health care and education(... and lots of district drama ...)
Episode 165: An in-depth look at high-performing, high-poverty schools
Episode 164: Little's opportunity to make his mark on education
Episode 163: Idaho Fails to Meet Achievement Targets
Episode 162: A Look At What's Ahead For Idaho's New Education Task Force
Episode 161: Checking In On Idaho's Lowest Performing Schools
Episode 160: Confusion Over Teacher Pay
Episode 159: Boise State's New President
Episode 158: Tracking Teacher Pay
Episode: A Crazy Legislative Session Comes to an End
Episode 156: The Legislative Session Refuses To End
Episode 155: It Keeps Going and Going...
Episode 154: A Funding Formula Fiasco
Episode 153: Crazy Days for the Legislature
Episode 152: Legislature Braces For Massive Funding Formula Debate
Episode 151: Immunization Rates, Guns On Campus And Sex Ed
Episode 150: School Budgets Receive Widespread Support
Episode 149 A Closer Look At The Blackfoot Charter Investigation
Episode 148: School Funding Debate Takes Center Stage
Episode 147: A School Funding Overhaul Is In The Works
Episode 146: Education Week At The Idaho Legislature
Episode 145: Crunching The Numbers On Teacher Pay And Grad Rates
Episode 144: The Legislative Session Begins
Episode 143: Bring On The Legislature
Episode 142- The Calm Before the Legislative Storm
Episode 141: Setting The Stage For The Legislature
Episode 140: Obstacles And Options After High School
Episode 139: The Political Fallout From Last Week's Election
Episode 138: Our Election Recap
Episode 137: Our In-depth Election Preview
Episode 136: A Closer Look at Idaho's Signature Education Goal
Episode 135: A Closer Look At Debate Week
Episode 134: A Wild Week For the State Superintendent's Race
Episode 133: Your Guide to the Idaho Debates
Episode 132: Waiting for the School Funding Formula Committee to Show its Work
Episode 131: The Race to November's Election Heats Up
Episode 130: The $18 Million School Safety Question
Episode 129: Supt. Ybarra's $100 Million Budget Blunder
Episode 128 — Fallout From This Week's School Elections
Episode 127: Sizing Up School Board, Bond And Levy Elections
Episode 126: Idaho's Lowest Performing Schools List
Episode 125: Questions Over a School Safety Plan
Episode 124: State Superintendent Candidates Square Off In First Debate
Episode 123: High Stakes For Next Year's School Budget
Episode 122: Big Changes For School Funding
Episode 121: The Medicaid expansion butterfly effect
Episode 120: Why We Push For Transparency
Episode 119: Summer Sunshine Reports and a New Batch of Test Scores
Episode 118: An open (and closed) discussion of K-12 funding
Episode 117: A Closer Look At University Of Idaho's Presidential Vacancy
Episode 116: What's Next in the Boise State president's search
Episode 115: Everything We Learned From Tuesday's Primaries
Episode 114: Primary Election Races to Watch
Episode 113: A Closer Look At The State Superintendent's Race
Episode 112: A Closer Look At The Governor's Race
Episode 111: Idaho's Primary Races Heat Up
Episode 110: An Inside Look At Our Superintendent Candidates' Forum
Episode 109: The Sprint To The 2018 Primaries Begins
Episode 108: The Legislature Adjourns
Episode 107 Closing Down The 2018 Legislative Session
Episode 106: Sparks Fly At The Idaho Legislature
Episode 106: We Can't Win Them All — Supt. Ybarra's Rough Week at the Legislature
Episode 105: Private School Scholarship Bill Divides Idaho Legislature
Episode 104: Science Standards Approved After Three Years Of Rancor
Episode 103: Legislators Divided Over Sex Education Law
Episode 102: Idaho Lawmakers Dissect Science Standards
Episode 101: Weird Science, An Inside Look At the Science Standards Debate
Episode 100: Breaking Down Education Week At The Legislature
Episode 99: A Closer Look At Teacher Salaries
Episode 98: A New Legislative Session Begins
Episode 97: Gearing Up For A Wild Legislative Session
Episode 96: Breaking Down Our Higher Education Series
Episode 95: State Crackdown On Data Accuracy Continues
Episode 94: State Cracks Down On Inaccurate Teacher Evaluations
Episode 93: Kustra's Retirement Means More Uncertainty For Higher Education
Episode 92: The Butticci Bump
Episode 91: Sizing Up Idaho's Teacher Shortage
Episode 90: Students Are About To Begin Grading Their Teachers
Episode 89: State Superintendents' Race Heats Up
Episode 88 Rethinking Remediation: New Ways To Help Struggling Students
Episode 87: A Proposal To Change The Way Idaho Schools Receive Funding
Episode 86: Rep. Wendy Horman Discusses School Funding And Politics
Episode 85: Behind The DACA Debate
Episode 84: an interview with Beth Oppenheimer
Episode 83: Superintendents Race Off To A Bizarre Start
Episode 82 Remembering Former Gov. Cecil Andrus
Episode 81: Idaho Schools Prepare For The Total Eclipse
Episode 80: Covering A Major State Board Of Education Meeting
Episode 79: What ESSA Means For Parents And Taxpayers
Episode 78: The Summer Of ESSA Contiues
Episode 77: Why More Idaho Students Aren't Taking AP Courses
Episode 76: Kicking Around Politics (Kind of Like Summer Soccer)
Episode 75 Idaho's Summer Of ESSA Continues
Episode 74: Idaho Releases New Federal Education Plan
Episode 73: Idaho's Race To Comply With Federal Education Deadlines
Episode 72: Federal Funding Cuts Worry Rural School Officials
Episode 71: How Hundreds Of Snow Days Melted Away
Episode 70: More New Science Standards Proposed
Episode 69: Voters Approve New Community College
Episode 68: Labrador Jumps Into The Fray
Episode 67: The Superintendent's Race Heats Up
Episode 66: A Closer Look At The SBAC Test
Episode 65: More Problems With The State's Teacher Bonus Report
Episode 64: Education Guru Concerned About High Stakes Evaluations
Episode 63: Critiquing The Legislature
Episode 62: The 2017 Idaho Legislaure Adjourns
Episode 61: Dysfunction And Disagreement At The Statehouse
Episode 60: $715 Million School Bond And Levy Roundup
Episode 59: An Unexpected School Broadband Settlement
Episode 58: Previewing Idaho's $715 Million School Election
Episode 57: A Science Test For The Legislature
Episode 56: New Teacher Evaluations Report Shows Improvement
Episode 55 A Big Week On The Beltway
Episode 54: The House Calls For A Tax Cut
Episode 53: Analzing The Public School Budget
Epsiode 52: Embedded With The Legislature
Episode 51: A Wild First Week For The Legislature
Episode 50: Previewing The Legisaltive Session
Episode 49: Reading Revisited
Episode 48: Exploring The Teacher Evaluations Controversy
Episode 47: A New Leader Takes Over House Education
Episode 46: Election 2016 Special Coverage
Episode 45: The GOP's Big Win
Episode 44: Election Preview 2016
Episode 43: A Closer Look At Idaho's Go-On Rate
Episode 42: Idaho's Big Data Dustup
Episode 41: The State's Convoluted Contract
Episode 40: An Early Look at Literacy Plans
Episode 39 A Fiscal Reckoning
Episode 38: A topsy-turvy week for the State Board
Episode 37: Small Distrcit Success Stories
Episode 36: A First Look at SBAC Results
Episode 35: The Ybarra budget
Episode 34: Breaking Down Idaho's 2006 Tax Shift
Episode 33: A Deep Dive Into Math Achievement
Episode 32: Developing School Accountability
Episode 31 All About IASA
Episode 30: Podcast Wars and Legal Briefs
Episode 29: RNC on EDU
Episode 28: A Deep Dive On Teacher Evaluations
Episode 27: Good News in Higher Education
Episode 26 Sizing Up The Career Ladder
Episode 25: Sobering Literacy Rates
Episode 24 Sizing Up SAT Scores
Episode 23: Summertime Politics
Episode 22: Swimming With The Sharks
Episode 21: The big issues in rural Idaho (and K-12 isn't one of them)
Episode 20: Breaking down the May elections
Episode 19 Election Central
Episode 18: Unveiling Our Refugee Reporting Project
Extra Credit, Episode 17: Breaking down the West Ada story
Episode 16: Idaho's new (and mysterious) immunization numbers
Episode 15 Photo Flap
Episode 14 Priorities
Episode 13 Aftermath
Episode 12 Sine Die
Episode 11: Sunshine Week
Episode 10 Madness Of March
Episode 9: Unfinished Business
Episode 8: Numbers Game
Episode 7: Literacy
Episode 6: Weird Science, Part Two
Episode 5: Weird science
Episode 4: Education Week in Idaho
Episode 3: Literacy, STEM and Statehouse politics
Episode 2: The Legislature begins
Extra Credit episode 1: Bring on the Legislature