IEA President Wants Teachers Voices Heard

Boise, ID – Idaho’s legislative session gets underway Monday. And the new president of the Idaho Education Association is ready. Penni Cyr became the president of the statewide teacher’s union last summer. She is a former teacher and school librarian from Moscow. She took over after the association unsuccessfully battled to block the new Students Come First laws. Those laws include limits on collective bargaining for teachers and institute a pay for performance system. Cyr talked with Adam Cotterell about what she sees as the top education priorities lawmakers need to address. She begins by giving her assessment of the state of education in Idaho.