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EOB: 1st Referendum Ad Is Suspect
EOB: 1st Referendum Ad Is Suspect
First statewide TV spot of 2012 Idaho campaigns includes questionable claims
First statewide TV spot of 2012 Idaho campaigns includes questionable claims
Ad slams Idaho school reform laws
BOISE – The hottest election issue of the season in Idaho – possible repeal of the state’s controversial new school reform laws – has yielded the first statewide TV campaign commercial, and it makes some questionable claims. “Proposition 3 replaces teachers with computers by requiring that taxpayers fund laptops for high school students,” the ad says. “The Legislature failed to fully fund the laptops required by Proposition 3, so our property taxes could increase.”
Hoffman Decries Anti-Luna Reform Ad
Hoffman Decries Anti-Luna Reform Ad
Idaho teachers will get earned merit pay
BOISE – It turns out both sides were wrong: Idaho teachers who earned merit-pay bonuses last year under a controversial school-reform law will get those payments this fall, regardless of the outcome of a Nov. 6 vote on whether to repeal the law. State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna, the author of the laws, has been saying his department would have no legal authority to send out the payments if voters turn down the referendum on the law. The Idaho Education Association, the state’s teachers union, meanwhile, has accused Luna of holding the bonus payments hostage to pressure teachers to back the law.
Luna: ‘No one wants to pay these bonuses more than I do’
Luna: ‘No one wants to pay these bonuses more than I do’
Idaho teachers to get bonuses regardless of election outcome
It turns out both sides were wrong: Idaho teachers who earned merit-pay bonuses last year under a controversial school-reform law will get those payments this fall, regardless of the outcome of a Nov. 6 vote on whether to repeal the law.
Teachers Will Get Merit Bonuses
Teachers Will Get Merit Bonuses
It’s the law: Turns out teachers will get first merit-pay bonuses, regardless of election result Nov. 6
It’s the law: Turns out teachers will get first merit-pay bonuses, regardless of election result Nov. 6
State Ed Dept. sends bonus data to districts
State Ed Dept. sends bonus data to districts
The timing of merit-pay bonuses under new school reform laws…
The timing of merit-pay bonuses under new school reform laws…
Eye on Boise: Races simmer after heated primaries
BOISE – The northernmost legislative district in Idaho, District 1, saw some of the hottest election contests in the state in May’s primary, with tea party challengers trying to knock off longtime Republican incumbents and lots of outside interests taking sides. But it’s a different story in the general election contest this fall. Although Democratic challengers originally had filed to challenge all three GOP incumbents, two of the three have withdrawn their names from the ballot, and the third isn’t actively campaigning.
Trib: Ed Dept Spinmeister Gets Jeer
Trib: Ed Dept Spinmeister Gets Jeer
Trillhaase: Luna Dares You
Trillhaase: Luna Dares You
SR: Is Luna Afraid Of Democracy?
SR: Is Luna Afraid Of Democracy?
Luna Adds 2 Cents On Chicago Strike
Luna Adds 2 Cents On Chicago Strike
Cameron: If voters reject school reforms, lawmakers would still put the $$ toward education
Cameron: If voters reject school reforms, lawmakers would still put the $$ toward education
Wiki Bio Wrong About Luna Degree
Wiki Bio Wrong About Luna Degree
Luna: No Plan B If Reforms Rejected
Luna: No Plan B If Reforms Rejected
What if voters say no to school reforms?
What if voters say no to school reforms?