[Vision2020] Luna Cautions Teachers About Political Activities

[Tom Hansen]

"He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future."

- Adolf Hitler
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Gesehen sie nach die stadt, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho



On Mon, May 16, 2011 4:45 pm, Joe Campbell wrote:
> I knew it!
>
> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Reggie Holmquist <
> reggieholmquist at u.boisestate.edu> wrote:
>
>> Hitler banned unions.  Not sure if that's completely relevant or not,
>> but I
>> thought this was a good opportunity to throw that out there.
>>
>> -Reggie
>>
>> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 3:46 PM, Joe Campbell
>> <philosopher.joe at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> -------------------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> 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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>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly
>> what
>> the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and
>> be
>> replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is
>> another
>> theory which states that this has already happened.
>>
>> Douglas Adams
>>
>


"The Pessimist complains about the wind, the Optimist expects it to
changeand the Realist adjusts his sails."

 - Unknown