Yvette Fernandez

1 week ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Yvette Fernandez

A significant number of students across our region are struggling with math. But a teachers’ organization says it might not just be about students having trouble with learning math – it might also have to do with how they’re being taught math skills. Nationally, almost 25% of 4th graders lack basic math proficiency, based on 2024 figures from the National Assessment of Education Progress. That trend holds across our region.

3 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Yvette Fernandez

Extreme weather is a growing concern across the country, but exposure to it has increased for people who live in the West. A new Gallup poll shows 37% of adults in the U.S. say they’ve been personally impacted by an extreme weather event during the past two years. That number jumps to 43% among people who live in Western states. Just two years ago, 30% of Western residents said they were affected by an extreme weather event.

4 weeks ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Yvette Fernandez

The Bureau of Land of Management shut down its wild horse and burro Adoption Incentive Program after a federal judge ruled the program violated environmental and administrative laws. The bureau offered incentives up to $1,000 to help people adopt burros and horses. But animal rights activists alleged that some animals were sent to slaughter.

1 month ago | boisestatepublicradio.org | Yvette Fernandez

Federal funding for education has been a recent target in the Trump administration’s quest to trim government costs. But the cuts haven’t just been happening at the Department of Education — they’re also happening at the Bureau of Indian Education. The Bureau of Indian Education – which is under the Department of the Interior – funds schools that serve Indigenous students at reservations around the United States and operates two colleges.

1 month ago | knpr.org | Yvette Fernandez

Amid cuts and rollbacks to federal environmental protection programs announced this week, a newly released Yale public opinion survey finds a majority of Americans across the political spectrum hope to see an economic transition to clean energy in the decades ahead. But there’s a rural-urban divide. The Climate Opinion study found that 66% of Americans support a U.S. economy transition from fossil fuels to clean energy by 2050.