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A Nerd from the Get-Go
Books in Times of Change By Aisha Marie My love affair with books began a very long time ago. I was just a little girl in Rose Lake when I used to watch my sister, Sandi, and my
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The Professor and the Novice
An Influential Experience By Connie Loveridge He came into class that day in 1984 dressed in a brown corduroy sports coat, blue jeans, and cowboy boots that showed some wear. Almost the first thing he said to us
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One-Room Alumni
A Small Brotherhood Story and Photos by James Roberts The sign in the lodge’s restaurant at Lowman said, “COVID-19 Free Since 1937.” I wondered if that was because most of the wild animals on the walls were wearing
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A School and a Virus
Turning Impossible into “I’m Possible” By John Carlisle Photos courtesy of Wilder Elementary School At the beginning of the 2019-20 school year, a student came to Wilder Elementary who did not speak English. Having to learn a new
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Back to First Grade
What’s It Like Now? By Diana Braskich Photos Courtesy of Ramsey Magnet School of Science My daughter, age seven, started first grade this fall. Technically, Lila was born in Spokane. I was born and raised in Coeur d’Alene,
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Falling in Love with History
For Idaho Students, an Annual Ritual Four hundred and twenty-eight of Idaho’s most distinguished young scholars and historians gathered on April 6 at The College of Idaho in Caldwell for an exhibition and contest called National History Day
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Pi and I
One Slow Winter By Les Tanner A Boise television station’s evening newscast last March contained a short piece about the efforts of the Mathematics Club at The College of Idaho to set a record for possible entry into
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A New Breed of Teacher
The Credential: Expertise By Mike Turnlund Photos Courtesy of Clark Fork Jr./Snr. High School The bright, well-lit gym of Clark Fork Jr/Sr High School is empty except for a handful of students grouped near a single teacher. The
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From Classroom to Chatroom
A Teacher’s Virtual Odyssey By Michelle Harmon Tenzin looked at me with the indifference of a shark passing by in the water. “Let’s read together,” I said. In one fluid movement, she glared at me from her seat
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