In a startling statement today at the Senate Education Committee, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna tied his plan to give each Idaho 9th grader a laptop to an increase in student-teacher ratios that will eliminate 770 teaching jobs …
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna today presented the budget for his “Students Come First – Three Pillars of a Customer-Driven Education System” to the gathered members of the Idaho Legislature's House and Sena…
Tomorrow morning –Tuesday, January 18 – State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna will be back at the Statehouse to tell the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee as well as the House and Senate Education Committees how he plan…
One week from today, on Friday, January 21, the Idaho Legislature’s Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee will hold a historic, first-ever public hearing to take citizen comment about K-12 education funding.
When JFAC set this hearing last m…
Tom Luna’s plan to radically alter Idaho schools has made headlines all over Idaho. We’ve posted some news excerpts below, focusing on coverage of Idaho educators’ response to his plan. Two other items of note:
IEA President Sh…