Category Archives: Education
Data Point – Schools keep growing (by adding “overhead”)
If an average classroom size is about 25 students and we multiply that by the average spending, that gives us $275,000 per year per classroom. If you’re in a school with 40 classrooms that’s $11 million per year to run a … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, GraniteGrok, taxes
Tagged Overhead, School
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Exposing the Myths About Education Savings Accounts
Next week, the New Hampshire House of Representatives will consider SB 193, which would create education savings accounts (ESAs) that families could use to pay for private school tuition, tutoring, textbooks, online courses, educational therapy, and various homeschooling expenses using a portion … Continue reading
Tales from the BudComm – “Do you see what I see?”
“… the massive flurry of subcommittee meetings and report writing has calmed down and one can actually start to sit down and meditate, cogitate, and try to do something more than a surface cursory level analysis. Like “how come it … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, GraniteGrok, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget Committee, Gilford, Skip Murphy
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School Choice for NH Family Profile: Unschooling Benefits
I have been a home schooling mom for over ten years. I have four daughters. Two have graduated and two are in their high school years now. There are many attributes of home schooling and unschooling that have appealed to … Continue reading
Posted in Education, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Home School, School Choice
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Legislation Proposes State Takeover of Education (HB 1497)
HB 1497 is legislation proposes the STATE take over your local public school. BI-PARTISAN SPONSORS: Rep. Ladd, Graf. 4; Rep. Myler, Merr. 10 This is a “takeover” document. If the state does not like a school district’s plan for improving poor … Continue reading
N.H. House Early Action Could Advance Educational Choice Measure
When the New Hampshire House convenes in the first week of January in 2018, SB 193 will be on the agenda, establishing education savings accounts for the benefit of New Hampshire children meeting eligibility requirements. | Keep Reading at nhcornerstone.org
Posted in Debt/Spending, Education, Legislation
Tagged Cornerstone Policy Research, ESA's, SB193
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Democrats Suddenly Don’t Want Public Education Used as a Political Weapon?
Dave Solomon, writing in the Union Leader, opens a State House Dome Column titled “‘Edelblut bill’ aims to restrain commissioners” on the matter of Democrat-sponsored SB 466. The Legislation is supposed to keep the State’s Commissioners from engaging in political activity like running for … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Education, GraniteGrok, Legislation, Local NH Politics
Tagged Education, Frank Edelblut, politics, SB466
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‘Edelblut bill’ aims to restrain commissioners
Senate Bill 466 is sponsored by nine of the 10 Senate Democrats, with only Manchester Sen. Lou D’Allesandro’s name left off the list. It states that “during their term of appointment, a commissioner may not hold or campaign for elective office, serve … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Education, Legislation, Local NH Politics
Tagged SB466. Frank Edelblut
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U. Minnesota Claims Anti-Christmas Memo Wasn’t Supposed to be Made Public
Of course they didn’t mean it to be public, it was terrible. We covered the memo in question in an earlier post. Now the school is back-tracking. The College Fix reports: University of Minnesota says its anti-Christmas memo wasn’t supposed to leak … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Free Speech
Tagged Christmas, Memo, Minnesota, University
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Keene State Looks to Reassure Students With Video Conference
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — Keene State College’s interim president will host a video chat for prospective students and their families next week. Interim president Melinda Treadwell tells New Hampshire Public Radio she wants to be direct with parents about the future of … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Education, Snowflake U
Tagged Enrollment, Keene State, Layoffs
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The New Media Militia 