Tag Archives: School Choice

School Choice Legislation: Schedule for Week of January 15, 2018

The 2018 session is well underway with a full slate of hearings in multiple committees. We are monitoring several bills and those will include our analysis and recommendations. As a courtesy, we list additional bills and meetings relevant to education … Continue reading

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School Choice for NH: Break the Testing Stranglehold

HB 1744, a bill that will break the testing stranglehold on our students and teachers, will have a public hearing in the House Education Committee on Thursday, January 18 at 10:45am. This is an important school choice bill because parents – not … Continue reading

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School choice poses no threat to great or good public schools

Reviewing his 1/9/18 column, one has to wonder if E. Scott Cracraft intentionally tries to mislead readers, if he just doesn’t care about children getting a decent start in life, if he’s blind to public education’s failures, or if he … Continue reading

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Michelle Levell: Empower Families with Opportunities

Please join families across the state to support SB 193, a bill that will empower families with more opportunities for their children’s education. Please consider testifying before the committee. This is the best opportunity for the legislature to hear from you, … Continue reading

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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

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How Come America’s Socialist Government Schools Don’t Work?

…I commented that Yasmine was lucky to have a school so close and her mother told me she picked that school because it was close and Yasmine liked it. Apparently, citizens in Belgium can pick and choose the school where … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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School Choice for NH Family Profile: Unschooling Benefits

I have been a home schooling mom for over ten years. I have four daughters. Two have graduated and two are in their high school years now. There are many attributes of home schooling and unschooling that have appealed to … Continue reading

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