Simmering below the surface of the Luna plan debate – and Idaho’s ongoing budget hole – is this question: Would Idahoans be willing to raise additional revenue for schools? Idaho’s public K-12 schools have already taken a $200…
Each month during the school year, the Idaho Education Association awards classroom grants of $50 each to eight IEA members who've been teaching for five years or less. (Learn more here.) Here are the winners for February.
Shelly Wallentin…
We pause today in memory of Christa McAuliffe, the New Hampshire teacher and NASA stronaut who died January 28, 1986, in the Challenger space shuttle disaster. We also honor the bravery and persistence of Idaho educator and IEA member Barbara Morgan,…
State Superintendent Tom Luna's legislation is now posted at the State Department of Education website. There are two bills, one titled “Public schools modernization and reform” and the other titled “Labor relations and employee entitlements.”
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State Superintendent Tom Luna has introduced his “Students Come First” education package. The comprehensive package would bring sweeping changes to Idaho's K-12 schools, but it was developed with almost no input from professional educators nor pa…
Idaho will make history on Friday, January 21, as the Idaho Legislature's Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee holds a first-ever public hearing to take everyday Idahoans' testimony on the education budget.
This year, the important issue …