Today's hearing has largely been, as parent-writer Sharon Fisher of Kuna pointed out on Twitter, a referendum on laptops. Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation spent about half his testimony extolling the magic of computers, as if student…
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.