[Vision2020] Luna Cautions Teachers About Political Activities

[Joe Campbell]

Didn't Hitler do something like this?

(Do I still lose the argument if I phrase it as a question?)

On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 2:29 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News.
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> Luna cautions teachers about political activities
>
> BOISE - Teachers are being warned they could lose their certification if
> they participate in efforts to recall Idaho Superintendent of Public
> Instruction Tom Luna, repeal his new education reforms or engage in other
> political activities on school grounds.
>
> In a memo Friday, Luna said his office had received numerous inquiries and
> reports of teachers using their school email to coordinate political
> activities: proselytizing to students in the classroom and using pupils as
> couriers for political materials.
>
> In a note to school superintendents and charter school administrators,
> Luna cautioned that these types of political activities were ethical
> violations punishable by a letter of reprimand, or suspension or
> revocation of a teacher's certification. He also warned that educators who
> are aware of such political activities and fail to report them face
> similar consequences.
>
> "Those whose certificates are suspended or revoked can no longer be
> employed by an Idaho public school," said Luna, who has been targeted in
> recent months by education activists who are seeking his ouster over a
> package of new education reforms.
>
> The sweeping changes phase out tenure for teachers, limit collective
> bargaining and shifts money from salaries for technology upgrades in the
> classrooms such as laptops for high school teachers and students. The
> three-part plan was signed into law earlier this year and has landed in
> the crosshairs of a referendum campaign.
>
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
> "The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
> changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."
>
>  - Unknown
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