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…
Today, State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna rolled out the details of his sweeping proposals to change the way education happens in Idaho. Mr. Luna described the “Three Pillars” of his plan as 21st Century Classrooms; Great…
Responding to a question from Rep. Sue Chew following up on whether and how the proposals will retain great Idaho teachers, Supt. Luna said Idaho is not losing teachers to other states but to higher-paying administration jobs.
The fact is, ma…