Category Archives: Education
Jon DiPietro seeks release of Tessier Report
Manchester, NH– Jon DiPietro, candidate for school board in Ward 6, submitted a Right to Know request to Manchester Board of School Committee Clerk Maura Leahy today. He is seeking access to documents related to the breach of confidentiality by … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Board of School Committee, Jon DiPietro, Manchester, Nancy Tessier
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Salem officials investigate reports of threatening video made by high school student
SALEM, N.H. — Salem officials are telling parents not to worry after a Salem High student who had been suspended from school for hateful speech reportedly made a video targeting students last week. Two weeks ago, an unidentified student was … Continue reading
UNH Students question religious tolerance of academic calendar
There are many students and faculty in the UNH community who have been unable to celebrate Jewish holidays due to an academic calendar that does not grant time off to observe them. This year, Homecoming and Family Weekend will fall … Continue reading
A Contentious Manchester Board of School Committee Meeting
If anyone doubts that fact is stranger than fiction, let’s take a look at last night’s meetings of the Manchester Board of School Committee. It’s first meeting at five o’clock got off to a contentious start. At-Large Committee Member Rich Girard challenged the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Girard At Large, Local NH Politics
Tagged Manchester, Rich Girard, School Board
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Mizzou enrollment falls to lowest level since 2008
Amid ongoing fallout from the protests that rocked campus in 2015, the University of Missouri recently welcomed its smallest student body since 2008. As Campus Reform has repeatedly reported, the embattled university has taken hit after hit, starting with a $32 million budget shortfall … Continue reading
Posted in Debt/Spending, Economy/Economics, Education, Snowflake U, Snowflakes
Tagged Campus Reform, Enrollment, Mizzou
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Campus newspaper disbands editorial board after string of right-leaning opinions
Leaders of the student newspaper at Princeton University have disbanded the publication’s independent editorial board, a move that comes after the group put forth a string of right-leaning opinions, including denouncing the women’s center for its radical feminist agenda and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Free Speech
Tagged College News, Princeton, The Prince
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N.H. Schools Respond to Allegations of Racist Attacks With Diversity Training, Soul Searching
New Hampshire schools and communities have been doing some serious soul searching after reports of racist incidents in which children were harassed verbally and physically, resulting in neck injuries for one boy after an alleged attempted lynching. Right now, many … Continue reading
Keno-garten Conflicts On The Concord City Council?
CONCORD, NH — At least two Concord officials could have been – or may, in the future – be in conflict during official discussions about Keno in the city of Concord which has been put up for a vote this … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education, Local NH Politics
Tagged Kenogarten, Patch, Tony Schinella
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New Hampshire lawmaker calls college system dysfunctional
“The audit was disturbing when it exposed the dysfunction of the chancellor and his administration,” state Sen. John Reagan, R-Deerfield, said in an email to Watchdog.org. “I am most curious how the Board of Trustees has allowed this to continue. This … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Education
Tagged Audit, Community College, Watchdog
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Kanye West Uses N-Word. UNH Sorority Girls Sing it. Ruh-Roh!
This story’s been popping up in news feeds all day but I waited for the perfect reporting perspective before sharing it. Surprise, surprise. A group of Alpha Phi sorority girls at the University of New Hampshire are stirring up controversy, thanks to what probably … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 