On Tuesday afternoon, the Senate Education Committee will hear Senate Bill 1184, the new “third rail” of Supt. Tom Luna’s education package. Earlier today, Idaho Statesman reporter Dan Popkey posted an email from Idaho School Boards Association…
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St. Patrick’s Day Massacre: Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s 2011 signing of a bill to restrict collective bargaining…
Friday saw the debut of the latest and presumably last version of what was once the main piece of Superintendent Tom Luna’s “Students Come First” legislation. The Senate State Affairs Committee made short work of printing Sen. John …
A committee of parents and representatives of the Idaho Education Association today took initial steps toward a campaign to repeal Senate Bills 1108 and 1110, two recently enacted pieces of Superintendent Tom Luna's controversial educat…
Earlier today, Gov. Butch Otter quietly signed Senate Bills 1108 and 1110 into law with no advance notice and no public ceremony. State Superintendent Tom Luna designed S1108 to end 40 years of productive collective bargaining and teachers&rsqu…
On March 11, Japan was hit with one of the strongest earthquakes in recorded history, soon followed by a massive tsunami. The death and destruction have been enormous. During this time of crisis, NEA is working with Education International (EI) to es…