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Special Ed Shortfall or Overspending?

Good Morning, Commissioner Edelblut, Senators Abbas and Lang, I am writing to you about the Special Education shortfalls in our state. As an older special needs mom with strong connections to the NH disability community and after reading the following article and getting a message from my Senator, Daryl Abbas, I have some major concerns. … Read more

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Reverse the RTK Tax, a Call to Action

House Judiciary member Louise Andrus, who actively opposed HB1002 with various efforts, including addressing the whole House on 2/1/24, has sponsored HB114.  It’s the political antidote to the abomination against 91A that His Excellency signed on 6/14/24.  The committee hearing is at 1:30pm in the LOB next Wednesday, January 22. Since I don’t know every … Read more

John Formella

Is NH’s AG Chasing Another Bogus Civil Rights Case?

New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella might be a great guy to watch the game with or drink a beer. Maybe he plays an instrument (wasn’t everyone in New England in a garage band at least once?). Decent singing voice? Donates to puppy rescue shelters? Hands out sandwiches at homeless camps. I have no clue, … Read more

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Acta Non Verba Foundation

Dear Friends of Classical Education, We are pleased to announce that we have created the Acta Non Verba Foundation, a charity whose mission is to provide financial assistance and mentoring to new and early stage private and public classical schools. The rapid growth of classical education in the United States demonstrates that American parents want … Read more

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Public School Psych Profiles and Data Mining Our Kids

A few weeks ago, PowerSchool issued an alert that there had been a data breach. In quieter news, PowerSchool is involved in a lawsuit charging the ed tech vendor with selling student data. Parents need to realize that their child’s personal information is not secure in our public schools no matter what they tell you. … Read more

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Testimony: Universal Eligibility For The Education Freedom Account

HB 115-FN – Universal eligibility for the Education Freedom Account program Parents are frustrated with public schools. Rightly so. The state legislature has destroyed them with costly and controversial regulations, resulting in high property taxes and no voice in our public schools. The legislature accepted federal bribes on an ongoing basis to implement “standards-based learning,” … Read more

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5th Annual Camp Constitution Ladies Spring Fling

Friday, May 2 to Sunday, May 4, at the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center in Alton, NH Camp Constitution Ladies’ Fifth Annual “Spring Fling” will be held at the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center, Alton Bay, NH https://altonbay.org/ from Friday May 2 to Sunday May 4, 2025 Activities include arts and crafts, classes on gardening, Bible studies, … Read more

James McLaughlin

Dying in Prison in the ‘Live Free or Die’ State

News articles allege that Detective James McLaughlin falsified reports and/or evidence but this was kept hidden from the jury in the 1994 trial of Fr. Gordon MacRae. Editor’s Note: The following is a guest post by noted author, Charlene C. Duline. Retired from a distinguished career as a diplomat and Foreign Service Officer with the … Read more

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School Board Chair: Get Rid of Athletics to Keep CRT English Program (Merrimack)

Merrimack is using three English Language Arts programs, however, one of them causes emotional harm to children. According to the lawsuit against Wit & Wisdom, parents reported that their children had suffered psychological harm because of the Critical Race Theory focus in Wit&Wisdom. All of this was reported here. Now that parents have begun questioning … Read more

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Testimony: Prohibiting Businesses from Scanning Drivers’ Licenses

HB 77-FN: prohibiting businesses from scanning individuals’ licenses when selling alcohol or tobacco products. Thank you for addressing this issue that threatens the public’s ability to protect against identity theft and other dangers associated with private identifying information.  Since delving into this issue, I have come across other threats to individual’s rights to keep themselves … Read more

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Will NH Fly The Flag Full Staff on Inauguration Day?

There are so many things demanding our attention that lots of things never attract at all or, just as likely, more current distractions have elbowed past knowledge out of the way, with a few of them falling off our memory radar altogether. This might be one of them. Biden ordered all flags flown at half-staff … Read more

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GrokTALK! With Ian and Jody Underwood – Education Funding

My guests are Jody and Ian Underwood. The topic is education, Public, private, Homeschool, charters, funding, including EFAs, and more. From unconstitutional monopiles to Claremont, from 5 feet to 30,000 feet, we fit it all in one hour. Production note: I’m still futzing with the program details: lighting, framing, logo, splash, music, all of it. … Read more

Liberty Activists Hold Rally Calling On President Trump To Pardon Ian Freeman

CONCORD – As the nation prepares for a major transition in presidential administrations, liberty activists, Free State Project President Carla Gericke, and Bonnie Freeman are calling on President Trump to fulfill his promises to the American people: making America free and safe again. Trump’s first act should be to correct the injustices of past administrations—starting … Read more

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How To Think about Universal Funding For EFAs

Suppose we ask a very basic question: Under what conditions should we give tax money to, or spend tax money on, people who can afford to get along without it?   We don’t give LIHEAP subsidies to people who can already afford to heat their homes. We don’t give Section 8 subsidies to people … Read more

Nashua’s $75M Trust Funds – The Penalty of Perjury 

The City’s Trust Funds continue to be an item of interest as accounting for this money is troublesome. City leaders are now acknowledging publicly one issue as they have organized a special meeting titled “Trustees of Trust Funds” on Tuesday at 7:00 PM in the Aldermanic Chamber. However, no additional information has been provided to … Read more

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What’s Up With Our Elections? [Replay!]

Election analytics expert Dr. Doug Frank and the Granite State’s Dan Richard join Keith and Terese this week to dissect an unusual trend in New Hampshire Elections: voters overwhelmingly vote Republican for Governor, State House, State Senate, the Executive Council, and even many county races, but not for Congress or the president. Plus, your calls! … Read more

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Who Will Protect Student Data? Right Now, No One

Here is my email to Education Commissioner Edelblut and Legislators on the PowerSchool Data Breach: Commissioner Edelblut,  PowerSchool, owned by Bain Capital, experienced an international cybersecurity incident that involved unauthorized access to certain PowerSchool SIS customer data. This has impacted many school divisions across North America. PowerSchool is a 5.6 billion dollar company that lost personal … Read more

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