It's interesting that three of the four people here to speak on behalf of the Luna bills also spoke at the JFAC hearing a few weeks ago, while all the speakers who've opposed the bill so far are new. But there is one new person here to speak …
It's day one of public testimony on the Luna bills. It's a packed house here; testimony will be taken in a pro-con, pro-con order until one list runs out. The Idaho Statesman reports that of the 105 people who have signed up to testify today,…
Remarks to the Senate Education Committee, February 7, 2011
Sherri Wood, President, Idaho Education Association
Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I am Sherri Wood, president of the Idaho Education Association. Thank you for holding these …
Sen. Goedde just said the committee will continue asking questions another 20 minutes, then hear from the stakeholder groups today. “That should get us out of here at a quarter to six,” he noted.
The committee is now asking questions of Jason Hancock from the Department of Education, who is answering questions about the Luna bills page by page. After about 40 minutes of committee questions – with just a half-hour remaining in today's sche…
Sen. Edgar Malepeai (D-Pocatello) called out Luna just now on the inflamed rhetoric that he and his allies have been using to describe teachers as union members. “Do teachers matter?” he asked. “On any major reform, you need the stakeholders to buy i…