Jeb Bush, Bob Wise to address "Education technology task force" in Idaho Tuesday

[IDemo]

The task force charged with instituting state schools Superintendent Tom Luna’s
controversial technological proposals for Idaho schools will hold its first meetings
Monday and Tuesday and hear from former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, among others.

The committee includes legislators, current and former school superintendents and
representatives of the teachers’ union and business groups.

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/06/12/1685751/tech-task-force-starts-monday.html


Luna is a Scott Walker wannabe, motto: "Laptops, not teachers!"

From Crooks and Liars - "Educational-Industrial Complex, Idaho-Style"

Well, lookee there. And look at who Tom Luna's top 2010 donors were:

* K12 Inc. of Virginia, an online company with 81,000 students and operator of the Idaho Virtual Academy. In Idaho, IVA enrolls 2,930 students and received $12.8 million from the state in fiscal 2010. K12, its employees and major stockholders spent about $44,000 supporting Luna; $25,000 of that was funneled to an Idaho interest group for independent advertising on Luna’s behalf. I should also mention that K12, Inc was started by Bill Bennett, Education Secretary under Ronald Reagan. Yes, *that* Bill Bennett.
* Apollo Group of Phoenix, the parent company of the University of Phoenix, an online university with more than 400,000 students. Luna’s plan would allow high school students to earn college credits at state expense once they complete high school requirements. Apollo Group gave Luna $5,500.
* Executives of Scantron Corp., a Minnesota-based leader in testing technology that is aggressively expanding into online education. Scantron employees and family contributed $7,450.

Other corporate education contributors: Apangea Learning, Inc. (online math courses) $1,000; Education Networks of America (educational video/network technology) $5,500; Madison Education Group (education consulting and advocacy) $5,000, and yes, Frank Vandersloot, who not only picked up the tab for thousands in independent expenditures, but also donated $10,000 to Luna's campaign. But don't take my word for it. Here's a whole huge list with all the tentacles listed.

http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/educational-industrial-complex-idaho-style

[Octafish]

1. Buy more COWs.

Crooks go where the money is.

Neil Bush's COW: The Milking and Bilking of Education Funds

Thank you for the heads up on Luna and the Idaho confab, IDemo. What a wreck these turds have made of our educational system in their rush to protect property and the Old Confederacy,

[seafan]

2. Idaho, it's your turn to endure Big Foot.

Good luck; you'll need it.


They're still talking about the hair-raising experience in Minnesota.

[somone]

3. Corporate welfare is taking over our educational system

[rhett o rick]

4. Here comes Jeb. It's not too late for the 2012 election. He will be greeted as a hero if he

smacks down the idiots currently running for the Repub nomination.

[cayanne]

5. I helped with the petitions to get the 3 referendums on the ballot.

Unfortunately, we don't vote on them until 2012. The recall Tom Luna will probably not make it here in Idaho because they made it harder to obtain, especially in N Idaho where I live.

We need to recall Butch Otter, not Tom Luna.