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Luna: ‘The teacher isn’t the problem, the teacher is the solution’

Idaho schools Supt. Tom Luna makes his closing pitch to the House Education Committee on Thursday on SB 1108, the teacher contracts bill, and SB 1110, the teacher pay for performance bill. In response to criticisms of the legislation, he said,
Idaho schools Supt. Tom Luna makes his closing pitch to the House Education Committee on Thursday on SB 1108, the teacher contracts bill, and SB 1110, the teacher pay for performance bill. In response to criticisms of the legislation, he said, "The teacher isn't the problem, the teacher is the solution." (Betsy Russell)

State schools Supt. Tom Luna is giving his closing presentation on SB 1108, the teacher contracts bill, and SB 1110, the teacher pay for performance bill. "The system that we have today makes it almost impossible to reward great teachers for the work that they do," Luna told the House Education Committee, saying it's difficult to address it when there is "ineffective teaching going on." He said, "The answer is a highly effective teacher in every classroom every year. ... The teacher isn't the problem. The teacher is the solution, and that's what these two bills represent."



Betsy Z. Russell
Betsy Z. Russell joined The Spokesman-Review in 1991. She currently is a reporter in the Boise Bureau covering Idaho state government and politics, and other news from Idaho's state capital.

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