Luna: ‘The teacher isn’t the problem, the teacher is the solution’

State schools Supt. Tom Luna is giving his closing presentation on SB 1108, the teacher contracts bill, and SB 1110, the teacher pay for performance bill. “The system that we have today makes it almost impossible to reward great teachers for the work that they do,” Luna told the House Education Committee, saying it’s difficult to address it when there is “ineffective teaching going on.” He said, “The answer is a highly effective teacher in every classroom every year. … The teacher isn’t the problem. The teacher is the solution, and that’s what these two bills represent.”