Category Archives: Education
Liberal commencement speakers outnumber conservatives 11-to-1
Young America’s Foundation (YAF) released their annual survey of commencement addresses at the nation’s top colleges, and the results are staggering. In the first year of the Trump presidency, liberal commencement speakers outnumber conservative speakers 11-to-1, according to their survey. … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Education, Progressives
Tagged Commencement, Liberals, Speakers
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Strategic Planning Community Survey
The Strategic Planning Committee of the Timberlane Regional School Board seeks to gain an understanding of the perceptions of stakeholders in our greater educational community. The committee developed a brief community survey that should take only 10 minutes of your … Continue reading
Mizzou Cutting 400 More Jobs, Closing Residence Halls, As Enrollment Plummets
I’ve been following the demise of Mizzou for a while now. What we need to remember, what every college administration and faculty must understand, is that this happened because of protests started by a poop-swastika nobody ever actually saw. It … Continue reading
Middlebury College students disciplined for speech incident, but no criminal charges
MIDDLEBURY, Vt. — Middlebury College disciplined 67 students, but local police said there will be no criminal charges in the March protest of a controversial guest speaker that turned violent as conservative author Charles Murray left a building on the … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Free Speech, Union Leader
Tagged Charles Murray, Middlebury College
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Parents “with their supposedly petty interests in their children as individuals”
In the long-running rivalry between the realist and romantic views of human nature, Sasse is firmly with the former. This aligns him against those who believe that schooling should be “a substitute for parents” as life’s “defining formative institution.” In … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Progressives
Tagged Ben Sasse, George WIll, John Dewey, Parents, Washington Post
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School Choice for NH: Another Strike Against the Blaine Amendment
On Friday afternoon right before the holiday weekend, the Institute for Justice declared another major victory for school choice. They represented several Montana families against the state Department of Revenue in a case involving a tax-credit scholarship program. This win … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Blaine Amendment, Michelle Levell, School Choice
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School Administrators in NH Bullying Parents and Children on Testing
Every year we read or hear from parents about how their school administrators are misleading parents who refuse to let their children take the annual standardized test. Some administrators even resort to bullying parents and children. If you are concerned … Continue reading
Posted in Education, New Hampshire News
Tagged Common Core, Greenland, Stop Common Core NH, Testing
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Stratham principal placed on leave amid investigation
STRATHAM — Thomas J. Fosher, the longtime principal of Stratham Memorial School, has been placed on paid leave while an investigation into “adult issues” is conducted, SAU 16 Superintendent Michael Morgan announced Friday. Morgan sent a notice to families and … Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged Michael Morgan, Stratham, Stratham Memorial School, Thomas J. Fosher
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Ann Mare Banfield: My Tribute to Sid Glassner, May He Rest In Peace
I attended a State Board of Education meeting and happened to be there the same day as Sid. He spoke before the State Board of Ed as an expert on public education. He had a career of working as a … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Girard At Large, New Hampshire News
Tagged Ann Marie Banfield, Sid Glassner
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Keeping you in the dark: Public school blackout
In Nashua, the public was told nothing when the principal and vice principal of Ledge Street Elementary were suddenly not in school, replaced by two assistant superintendents. There, the school department initially did not even acknowledge that the two were … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Local NH Politics, Right to Know Law, Union Leader
Tagged Ledge Street elementary, Nashua, Staff
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The New Media Militia 