[Vision2020] Romney's Idaho Education Advisers

[Ron Force]

Idaho's Luna named education policy adviser to Romney, along with four who gave to Luna's 2010 campaign
Submitted by Dan Popkey on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:00pm, updated on Thu, 05/24/2012 - 1:07pm 

Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna is among 18 policy advisers announced by the Mitt Romney presidential campaign. The Idaho Republican Party issued a news release Thursday about Luna's appointment.

“I am excited to work with Governor Romney to improve education across the country,” Luna said in the news release. “As Governor, he showed how states can truly put students first and raise academic achievement for all children. We have worked toward the same goals in Idaho, passing the most comprehensive education reform in the country to ensure every student can graduate from high school and go on to postsecondary education without the need for remediation. Now, we must make this is possible for every child in every state.”

The Romney campaign announced the 18-member advisory group Tuesday.

Joining Luna are three former members of the George W. Bush Administration who contributed to Luna's 2010 reelection who are advocates of for-profit education. Luna was a senior adviser to Bush Secretary of Education Rod Paige, who gave $500 to Luna. Paige was named a special adviser to Romney. Paige is formerly a senior adviser to Madison Education Group, which is run by his former No. 2 at the U.S. Department of Education, Bill Hansen.

Hansen, the son of former Idaho GOP Congressman George Hansen, was named one of two higher education co-chairs for Romney. Hansen gave $3,000 personally to Luna. Madison Education Group, of which Hansen is CEO, gave another $2,000 to Luna. Hansen is a former chairman and president of Scantron/Global Scholar.

Nina Rees, senior vice president for strategic initiatives for Knowledge Universe, is one of two K-12 co-chairs. Rees gave Luna $500.

Scott Fleming, president of Madison Education Group, joins Luna on Romney's advisory committee. He gave Luna $100 for the 2010 campaign.

Luna raised $47,550 from the for-profit education sector, accounting for 19 percent of his 2010 campaign's funds.

Read more here: http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/05/24/idahopolitics/idahos_luna_named_education_policy_adviser_romney_along_with_fou?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IdahoStatesmanIdahoPolitics+%28IdahoStatesman.com+Idaho+Politics%29#storylink=cpy
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20120525/c6093fd6/attachment.html>