Category Archives: Education
Homeschool Freedom Threatened
HB 1263, the bill that would reinstate the annual reporting requirements of all homeschoolers has a public hearing scheduled for Thursday, January 25th at 1:00pm before the House Education Committee. The hearing is scheduled in room 207 of the Legislative Office Building (LOB), but … Continue reading
Posted in Education, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged HB1263, Hearing, LOB
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The Timberlane Teachers’ Union Cares
School Board members arrived at their seats on Dec. 21 to find a letter from the Timberlane Teachers Association on top of their agenda material. To my knowledge, this has not been previously published. I obtained it a few days … Continue reading
Posted in Budgets, Debt/Spending, Donna Green, Education, Unions
Tagged Arthur Green, SAU 55, Teacher's Union
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Goffstown School Board to return $9.1m surplus to town
GOFFSTOWN — Millions of dollars wrongly kept on the school district’s books won’t be used to help fund any proposed warrant articles, school board members decided. | Keep Reading at New Hampshire.com
Family Profile: Millennial Family Supports ESAs
This one comes from a Millennial parent who values choice. As a current homeschooling family, they will not benefit from the Education Savings Account bill, yet she believes it is critical for NH children and our state’s future. The following … Continue reading
Posted in Education, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Michelle Levell, School Choice
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Mandatory diversity course not effective, prof discovers
After assessing the bias of students before and after the course—using prompts such as “a woman should worry less about their rights and more about becoming good wives and mothers” and “if blacks would only try harder they could be … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Snowflake U, Snowflakes
Tagged Bias, Diversity, Training
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School Choice for NH: Schedule for Week of January 8, 2018
Welcome to the start of the 2018 legislative session! The Senate and House Education Committees kick off with full schedules of public hearings. We are monitoring several bills and those will include our analysis and recommendations. | Keep Reading at … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Legislation, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Education, Michelle Levell, State House
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Judge dismisses hate speech case against University of Vermont student
A Burlington, Vermont judge dismissed a criminal case against a University of Vermont (UVM) student who was accused of using racially disparaging comments during a phone conversation. University officials claimed in October that continuing education major Wesley Richter used “explicitly racist … Continue reading
Posted in Around New England, Culture, Education
Tagged Campus Reform, Hate Speech, Vermont
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ESA Forum in Deerfield
Join us for this important discussion about Education Savings Accounts and SB 193 on January 11th in Deerfield — free and open to the public! | More at School Choice for NH
Posted in Education, Legislation, NH School Choice, School Choice for NH
Tagged Deerfield, ESA, Forum, SB 193, School Choice
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ESA Makes Big Progress
Yesterday afternoon the NH House of Representatives passed the Education Savings Account bill, SB 193, in a 184 to 162 roll call vote. We live blogged the discussion on our Facebook page. The chamber was filled with Representatives wearing bright yellow scarves for National School Choice … Continue reading
NH Democrats: School Choice is Only for Children who can Afford it
There’s been a lot of lies and misinformation spread by Democrats and of course, New Hampshire Unions, but the main purpose of the bill is to allow children to have the best education possible. Not every parent can afford to pay high … Continue reading
The New Media Militia 