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IEA Reporter Podcast

IEA Reporter Podcast

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A regular podcast about and for Idaho Education Association members and their advocacy for their union colleagues and work to improve public education in Idaho. Sign up here to get weekly updates. https://idahoea.org/news/sign-up/

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    • Union Engagement with Dr. Melyssa Ferro
      Feb 11 2026

      In this episode, we visit with IEA board member and national education award honoree, Dr. Melyssa Ferro, about being a union member. Ferro, science teacher at Syringa Middle School in Caldwell, is a highly decorated educator who is among five honored this weekend as a finalist for the Horace Mann Award by the NEA Foundation. Ferro was Idaho’s 2016 Teacher of the Year and in 2024 was named Teacher of the Year by the Idaho Middle Level Association and was honored as one the Idaho Business Review’s 2024 Women of the Year.

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      29 min
    • Supreme Court Voucher Challenge
      Jan 29 2026

      Our topic is the Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution v. State of Idaho, the lawsuit IEA members joined questioning the constitutionality of the tax credit voucher created by 2025’s House Bill 93. Oral arguments in the suit were presented to the Idaho Supreme Court on Jan. 23 and a decision is expected in the coming weeks.

      Joining us for the discussion are three representatives of the pro-public education coalition that came together for the suit. They include Cindy Wilson, the Idaho State Director for Mormon Women for Ethical Government and a long time educator, Daniel Mooney, president of the Committee to Protect and Preserve the Idaho Constitution and a Boise attorney, and Paul Stark, executive director of the Idaho Education Association.

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      38 min
    • Lindsey Smith, Idaho's New NEA Director
      Sep 11 2025

      In this episode, we talk with Lindsey Smith about her role as Idaho's newly-elected representative on the National Education Association Board of Directors. She's a 16-year veteran educator who teaches gifted education and leadership at Sacagawea Middle School in Lewiston. Lindsey took her seat as NEA Director on September 1. We talk about her new role and the importance of being active in the union's work.

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      31 min
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