Category: News

Idaho STEM Action Foundation Launches New Award to Celebrate Out-of-School STEM Educators 

Some of Idaho’s most impactful STEM learning experiences happen far beyond the traditional classroom. From libraries and museums to afterschool programs, summer camps, and community organizations, educators across the state are helping young people discover science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in hands-on, engaging ways.  To recognize those efforts, the Idaho STEM Action Foundation has opened […]

Touring Boise Parks and Rec’s TMC Works Program

TMC Works Parks and Rec Blog  By Natalia DiGiosia   It’s a smokey summer afternoon in Boise. It’s so bad that the Parks and Rec camp is held inside at the Whittney Elementary School Gym. Inside, the gym is booming with echo. A group of thirty 8-year olds are congregating in the center of the gym […]

Think Make Create Labs (TMC) Turns Five Years Old!

By Anna Almerico & Claire Sponseller The Idaho Out-of-School Network celebrates an exciting birthday in 2026 with TMC Labs turning five years old. Read about why TMC was launched, what Think Make Create means, and where the program is growing in this article published in the Summer 2026 edition of SLATE, a magazine from the […]

Idaho Learns Everywhere

June 25, 2024 – This blog post is an insider report on how the Idaho Out-of-School Network of educators and program leaders stepped up and saved educational opportunities during the pandemic. ION and its informal coalition of state-based agencies came together to coordinate use of ARP and ESSER funds (American Rescue Act & Elementary & […]

Going to the Moon

Feb 6, 2024 – Meet Sophia, 2024 Million Girls Moonshot Flight Crew from Boise, Idaho Borah High School student, Sophia, is most interested in computer science. But that is just one reason she is Idaho’s representative to the Million Girls Moonshot program. Sophia is also active in out-of-school projects like the Women’s Children’s Alliance and […]