Category Archives: Education
Baseless Histrionics Over School Staffing
Your school board has indicated it wants to cut administrators and the budget. Even though we regularly see surpluses in the $2 million range, a suggestion that we hold flat our budget and cut it by our surplus was met … Continue reading
Posted in Donna Green, Education
Tagged Donna Green, Staffing, Timberlane Regional School District
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Family Profile: Homeschool Successes
Education is not a one-size-fits-all endeavor. Educational options, particularly homeschooling, allow families to customize education to fit each child’s individual needs. As part of our occasional Family Profile series, we asked New Hampshire home-educating families to share their success stories … Continue reading
Posted in Education, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Home School, Michelle Levell
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Slow Progress for HEAC and Educational Neglect Bill
The Home Education Advisory Council (HEAC) held their bi-monthly meeting on Thursday, November 9th and made progress on several operational issues. We were again present and recorded their discussion; it is in six segments | More at School Choice for NH
Posted in Education, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged HEAC, Michelle Levell
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CAMERA focuses on Newton schools’ Arab-Israeli conflict curriculum
Discord over the way Newton’s high schools teach the Arab-Israeli conflict and Islam began six years ago, when a Newton South parent, Tony Pagliuso, was made aware of a statement in an article his daughter had been assigned in a … Continue reading
Proposed school budget features $1.7 million jump
CLAREMONT — Claremont School District administration released on Wednesday night an initial draft of the proposed 2018-2019 school year budget to include a more than $1.7 million increase from the current operating budget. In total, the proposed budget would cost … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Budget, Claremont, School District
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Manchester school board implements spending freeze
MANCHESTER — City school board members voted Monday night to implement a spending freeze in the district on non-essential materials. The motion approved by board members authorizes the spending freeze, while giving Superintendent of Schools Dr. Bolgen Vargas “the latitude … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Bolgen Vargas, Manchester, Public School, School Board
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Teaching Reason to College Students Enslaved by their Appetites and Feelings
Adam J. MacLeod, (from the clan MacLeod–did you do that with the accent?) recently shared a speech he gave to his students in an article titled, Undoing the Dis-Education of Millennials. Adam teaches Law and has found that many of the … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Progressives
Tagged Adam MacLeod, Diversity, Equality, Learning, New Boston Post.com, Reason
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Family Profile: Home Educating a Child with Special Needs
We recently asked home educating families to send us their stories – what makes homeschooling important to them and how it impacts their lives. Today’s profile is about a homeschooling family with a son who has special needs. The mom’s … Continue reading
Posted in Education, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Home School, Michelle Levell, Special Needs, Students
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Albany NH residents to see 47% school tax jump
ALBANY — Albany residents were taken aback last week to learn that the school portion of their tax bills has jumped more than 45 percent over the previous year. The increase drew a crowd to the Albany School Board meeting … Continue reading
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