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Stapilus: Why Luna ‘BS’ Matters

Stapilus: Why Luna ‘BS’ Matters

Nesse Steps Out

Nesse Steps Out

Luna Reimburses Lobbyist For Lunch

Luna Reimburses Lobbyist For Lunch

Luna repays lobbying firm for staffers’ luncheons at City Club forum

Luna repays lobbying firm for staffers’ luncheons at City Club forum

New Idaho schools ad launched

BOISE – The latest statewide TV commercial to air in the battle over Idaho’s controversial school reform laws comes from opponents of the laws and focuses on what may be their toughest sell in the right-to-work state: Proposition 1, which restricts collective bargaining rights for teachers. The ad says the laws “ignore our teachers’ concerns” and “prohibit teachers from negotiating important things like overcrowded classrooms, supplies and student safety.”

Debate: What Did Luna Say?

Debate: What Did Luna Say?

The Luna-Cronin clash: What was that he said?

The Luna-Cronin clash: What was that he said?

Latest school reform ad from opponents hits union issue

Latest school reform ad from opponents hits union issue

Latest school reform ad hits union issue

The latest statewide TV commercial to air in the battle over Idaho’s controversial school reform laws comes from opponents of the laws, and focuses on what may be their toughest sell in the right-to-work state: Proposition 1, which restricts collective bargaining rights for teachers.

Educational forum set on school reform laws and their impact

Educational forum set on school reform laws and their impact

School Reform Gets Personal

School Reform Gets Personal

Idaho school reform becomes personal

BOISE – Here’s how fiery the debate over school reform has gotten in Idaho: After a forum at the City Club of Boise on Tuesday, state Rep. Brian Cronin, D-Boise, accused state schools Superintendent Tom Luna of grabbing his arm after his opening remarks and berating him. “He grabbed my arm rather forcefully and got in my face and said, ‘That’s the biggest bullshit I’ve ever heard,’ ” Cronin said. “I looked at the people at the lead table and I think they saw that I was visibly alarmed, shaken, but that’s what he said. He grabbed my arm hard enough such that I spilled my water. … When he tried to touch me again, I told him not to touch me.”

Fiery debate on school reform laws today…

Fiery debate on school reform laws today…

Luna Laws: Education On The Cheap?

Luna Laws: Education On The Cheap?

Fiery debate focuses on Idaho school reforms

In a fiery debate Tuesday before a sellout crowd of 450, Idaho state schools chief Tom Luna defended his controversial “Students Come First” school reform laws, while critic Brian Cronin charged they’re not reforms at all, but ways to justify underfunding Idaho schools.

Of barns, carpenters and jackasses…

Of barns, carpenters and jackasses…

Debate wraps up with loud appaluse

Debate wraps up with loud appaluse

Debate: What works, what doesn’t in schools…

Debate: What works, what doesn’t in schools…

Cronin defends dual role as lawmaker, paid consultant

Cronin defends dual role as lawmaker, paid consultant

Technology and its role in schools…

Technology and its role in schools…