Tag Archives: Education

NH Teacher Warns Parents About Psychological Evaluations On Their Children…

When a teacher warns you about what’s going on in her school, parents need to take notice. Yesterday I received a message from a teacher working in a New Hampshire public school. This isn’t anything new since several teachers have contacted … Continue reading

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The Cost Per Pupil for Every School District In New Hampshire

Once you know how much it costs to teach one child for one year in your district, you should start asking why. The New Hampshire Department of Education has released a document listing the cost per pupil for public school … Continue reading

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The Volinsky Agenda

Andru Volinsky shares his extreme left-wing agenda in a tweet. Translation… | Ed Mosca Blog

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Tracing the Origins of Today’s Education

This actually is about the children. The following excerpt from the Congressional Record neatly summarizes and exposes the origins and intents of OBE, STW, and Goals 2000. Mr. Speaker, no one doubts that education is a vital importance to our … Continue reading

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Sen. Pres. Chuck Morse and UNH Pres. Mark Huddleston Walk Into a High School

If you’re serious about making college more affordable, charge less. SALEM, N.H. — Senate President Chuck Morse and University of New Hampshire President Mark Huddleston joined forces Monday to encourage Salem High students to go to college, but offered few … Continue reading

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Why Not Full-Day Kindergarten? Here’s Why….

From Ann Marie Banfield over at the Girard at Large Oh My Blog!Say no to full day kindergarten. The political factions calling for full-day kindergarten are not being honest about the real potential problems for 5-year old children if their … Continue reading

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Non-Academic Surveys – Call to Action

The House Education Committee needs to hear from YOU — contact them TODAY!! They will have a full committee work session on SB 43, a critical bill that empowers parents with active consent (opt-in) for most of the invasive, non-academic … Continue reading

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What Education Is About

Thanks to Ann Marie Banfield, Grok contributor at large, for posting this link on Facebook.  It is a letter  to the editor, in the Hollis -Brookline Journal, that needs no further exposition on my part: School’s function is education Friday, … Continue reading

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Drop Out Rate Result of Changing Methodology

The headline reads Dropout rates below 1%. Eight paragraphs into the love fest we find out what (pat on the back) I was just complaining about a few weeks ago. Continue reading

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Why Did They Raise The Drop Out Age To 18?

As debate proceeds on the NH House bill HB 429 which returns the drop out age to sixteen (A 16 year old could leave school with a parents permission), John Lynch and the education community have come out against this change and responded with warnings of the potential consequences. They then entertain us with ‘success stories’ resulting from their raising the drop out age to 18 just a few years ago. Continue reading

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