Fort Boise: Hoffman, Others Gamble

Fort Boise: I happened to tune into the Idaho Public TV video stream just in time to hear Hoffman. When Rep. Cronin asked him a question he demurred because “I’m not the education policy analyst” for his “research” organization. The question was whether there were specific states and/or districts that could show greater student achievement based on the kinds of changes these bills would make. The shorter version of Hoffman’s answer was “no.” So, a lot of states are going down the path of experimentation? Hoffman didn’t like that characterization, wanted to insist just that “the current system doesn’t work” … so, um, we need to do SOMETHING, whatever. Yeah, that makes sense.

Question: Why is Idaho willing to serve as an guinea pig for Tom Luna’s education reform?