Day: January 24, 2013
Union responds to Luna’s budget request
The Idaho Education Association applauds some items in Superintendent Tom Luna’s budget proposal, but hopes that before lawmakers dive into new long-term policy decisions, they wait for the governor’s task force to deliver their recommendations.
A graphic approach to grading schools
Remember those X- and Y-axis charts from your math classes? Soon, you might be able to deploy your old-school graphing skills to track Idaho school performance.
Teachers and guns: what the law says
State schools superintendent Tom Luna talked to reporters Thursday about his budget proposal — and whether teachers should carry guns in school. Here’s what he had to say.
2014 budget: Luna seeks 3 percent increase
Superintendent Tom Luna proposes an increase in overall education funding, an increase in teacher pay and he recommends funding the ideas produced by the governor’s education task force.
2013 budget: Put money back into education
Schools chief Tom Luna says money left in limbo because of Students Come First repeal must return to funding schools.