Idaho Superintendent who emulated Rhee’s failed policies about to be thrown out of office
Written by Jerry Nelson for OpEdNews. Read the entire post here.
“According to the Center on Education Policy in Washington D.C., Idaho, under Luna’s direction, has made some of the most comprehensive changes.
While Luna’s truck was spray-painted in his driveway and his tires slashed, hundreds of angry teachers, parents, and students crammed into the halls of the state house, in Boise, and are ready to throw him out of office.
The main issue that is polarizing education , and citizens, in Idaho is a new education package that eliminates teacher tenure and cuts their pay while providing every high school student with a laptop computer.
Luna is also arguing for making online courses a requirement for students to graduate while many educators say it will increase class sizes and take taxpayer money and ship it to for-profit, out of state, companies.
…Comparison of internal documents seems to indicate that nothing in Luna’s new rules are original. Close
“According to the Center on Education Policy in Washington D.C., Idaho, under Luna’s direction, has made some of the most comprehensive changes.
While Luna’s truck was spray-painted in his driveway and his tires slashed, hundreds of angry teachers, parents, and students crammed into the halls of the state house, in Boise, and are ready to throw him out of office.
The main issue that is polarizing education , and citizens, in Idaho is a new education package that eliminates teacher tenure and cuts their pay while providing every high school student with a laptop computer.
Luna is also arguing for making online courses a requirement for students to graduate while many educators say it will increase class sizes and take taxpayer money and ship it to for-profit, out of state, companies.
…Comparison of internal documents seems to indicate that nothing in Luna’s new rules are original. Close
