In Tom Luna’s ideal world, every part of the reforms he pushed through last year would be fully funded and every child would receive adequate individual attention from a highly qualified teacher.
But in the real world, Luna’s vision fac…
The Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee has been hearing budget requests for the past two weeks, and it is State Superintendent Tom Luna’s turn Thursday. The public schools budget presentation starts at 8 a.m. Mount…
Remember reports last week about Gov. Butch Otter’s staff and State Superintendent Tom Luna feuding over teacher pay? Luna wanted nearly $20 million more in the education budget than Otter since, as Idaho Statesman reporter Dan Popkey put it, h…
Does a new Idaho rule represent merely a battle over semantics or an intentional muzzling of teachers that goes even beyond the restrictions passed by the Idaho Legislature last year?
The Idaho Education Association argues that it’s the latt…
The most interesting education news today was on Page 1 of the Idaho Statesman. Reporter Dan Popkey wrote:
Four days before the Legislature convened, Gov. Butch Otter offered a cryptic answer when I asked if his vow to restore school funding still …