Ann Marie Banfield Archives

Granite Discourse: Guest – Ann Marie Banfield

October 15, 2025 Granite Discourse

Ann Marie Banfield is an education policy analyst and parental rights advocate based in NH. You can read her work at https://granitegrok.com/author/ambanfield and contact her at banfieldannmarie@gmail.coms. Note: There was no new episode of Justice 4 All This Week. Thanks to Granite Discourse for letting us share their content! Speakers’ opinions are their own and … Read more

Granite State Live March 25th, 2025

March 26, 2025March 25, 2025 Granite State Live

Keith and Teserse talk with education and parental advocate Ann Marie Banfield in Hour One on what dismantling the Federal Dept. of Education could mean for New Hampshire. And is the backlash and destruction against Tesla owners and Elon Musk domestic Terrorism? Contributor Julian Acciard joins the show as well. Plus, the weekly rant, and … Read more

Thank You for Riding Herd on SAU16

September 16, 2024May 14, 2024 Spike

Ms. Banfield, fellow Grokster, thank you for riding herd on SAU16 and keeping us up-to-date on its numerous outrages, from Sharpie-gate to making athletic participation contingent on following Woke orthodoxy in private communication.

Skip, Steve, and Liz Gabert on Life With Liz WSMN 1590 (January Edition)

January 27, 2022 Steve MacDonald

Skip and Steve make their monthly pilgrimage to WSMN1590 to try and take over Liz Gabert’s radio show with guests Gabriel Nadalas and Ann Marie Banfield.

Jim O’Connell Attacks Parents Concerned Over School Transgender Student Policy

February 4, 2021 Steve MacDonald

At-Large Manchester School Board member Jim O’Connell, a Democrat, is lashing out and lying to parents about a policy the board recently adopted on transgender students.

Proposed Manchester School Transgender Policy Opens Bathrooms, Locker Rooms and Sports to the Opposite Sex, Keeps Parents in the Dark

January 23, 2021 Steve MacDonald

The Manchester Board of School Committee will take up a proposed policy on transgender students at its meeting on Monday, January 25, 2021. (Starts on page 26 of the agenda.) On a 4 to 1 vote, the policy was approved by the board’s Committee on Policy on January 12, 2021.

Jeanine Notter, Al Baldasaro, Ann Marie Banfield, Hal Shurtleff and Scott Adler

December 1, 2024April 16, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Rep Jeanine Notter takes control of the program with guests Rep Al Baldasaro, Ann Marie Banfield, Hal Shurtleff, and Scott Adler from Merrimack Concerned Taxpayers.

603 Summit: Ann Marie Banfield.

April 19, 2019 Skip

Ann Marie Banfield has been working on researching educational policy and practices. She is in favor of parental rights, literacy, academic standards. She has recently been the Educational Liaison for Cornerstone, a frequent guest and blogger at Girard At Large – and GraniteGrok from time to time. We were at the beginning when Ann Marie … Read more

Practical Federalism Forum – The Interviews

July 15, 2024October 4, 2015 Steve MacDonald

Included here are our with Stanley Kurtz from National Review; UT State Rep Ken Ivory; From Iowa – Caffeinated Thoughts author Shane Vander Hart; NH’s Jeff Chidester and Ann Marie Banfield; plus podium remarks from Bryan McCormack (Cornerstone Policy Research) and Sean Fieler – Chairman of the American Principles project.

GrokTALK! – Do You Want Parents Engaged or Not?

July 15, 2024June 30, 2015 Steve MacDonald

In part two of our interview with Ann Marie Banfield we continue the discussion on parental rights, education transparency, and the duality of education experts that claim they want parents engaged but then embrace policies and curriculum that keep them disengaged.

GrokTALK! – Worst Governor on Parental Rights Ever?

July 15, 2024June 29, 2015 Steve MacDonald

Education advocate Ann Marie Banfield joins us to talk about the Governor’s veto last week of parental rights regarding objectionable material (HB332) in public school classrooms. We discuss transparency, age appropriate material, parental involvement, and what parents and taxpayers need to do to ensure parental rights are defended and secured.

GrokTALK! June 27th, 2015

July 15, 2024June 28, 2015 Steve MacDonald

Education advocate Ann Marie Banfield joins us to talk parental rights, Jim Kofalt discusses the mission of the 603 Alliance, and Mark Lucas from AFP New Hampshire speaks about the Road to Reform.

CALL TO ACTION: SB48 passed the House Ed Committee.

September 26, 2018May 23, 2013 Steve MacDonald

From Ann Marie Banfield c/o Facebook

CALL TO ACTION:

SB48 passed the House Ed Committee.

The good news is that both the Democrats and Republicans had ISSUES with ASSESSING “Dispositions”. That word was removed with an amendment.

Unfortunately schools will be labeled “Priority” and “Focus” schools based upon the standardized assessment results.

This means that if your students do not perform well on the standardized assessment that is ALIGNED TO COMMON CORE, your school could end up identified as a “Priority or Focus” school.

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