65-to-14 Testify Against Luna’s Plan

You’ve been a very gracious and a very patient audience,” Rep. Maxine Bell said as today’s unprecedented public hearing on school funding concluded — at noon, after four full hours. Overall, nearly 80 people testified. By my count, only 14 spoke in favor of state Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna’s far-reaching school reform plan … Nearly all of the others testifying today — 65 people by my count, from all over the state — spoke in strong opposition to the plan; that’s nearly a six-to-one margin against/ Betsy Russell , Eye On Boise. More here .

• Testimony: ‘Can work at your own pace’
• Testimony: ‘A risky experiment’
• Bell: About 133 signed up to testify
• Testimony: ‘We’ve won race to the bottom’
• Testimony: ‘My children will fall through the cracks’
• Testimony: Top colleges don’t accept online foreign language classes
• Testimony: School lacks wireless electrical to accommodate laptops
• Betsy’s coverage of the education testimony from earlier today