Issue: Two vie for top schools job: Candidates differ on charters, Proposition 1/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review

More Info: A businessman and a longtime educator are competing to be Idaho's next state superintendent of schools – a choice that wouldn't even have been legal 12 years ago. Idaho long required that its state superintendent be a certified school administrator who was "actively engaged in educational work" in Idaho schools. But the Legislature repealed that requirement in 1994, leaving just a college degree as the minimum qualification for the job.

DFO: I haven't decided how to vote on this one. I like Luna's support for charter schools and alternative education. But I'm bothered that he has no on-hands educational experience. Jones, on the other hand, strikes me as a bit too bureaucratic.

Question: Should the Idaho superintendent of schools have hands-on experience as an educator?

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