Media Eye Idaho’s Educational Role

National publications are spotlighting Idaho’s roll in the shift to online learning, according to Dan Popkey/Idaho Statesman. In a blog post today, Popkey quotes Lee Fang of The Nation: “From Idaho to Indiana to Florida, recently passed laws will radically reshape the face of education in America, shifting the responsibility of teaching generations of Americans to online education businesses, many of which have poor or nonexistent track records. The rush to privatize education will also turn tens of thousands of students into guinea pigs in a national experiment in virtual learning — a relatively new idea that allows for-profit companies to administer public schools completely online, with no brick-and-mortar classrooms or traditional teachers.” More here. (SR file photo)

Question: In view of Idaho’s pellmell rush to expose school children to Superintendent Tom Luna’s radical online education plans, I wonder where all those concerned Idahoans went — you know, the ones who identified education as a top priority in survey after survey?