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The New England Take: The Importance of Civics Education and (by the way) America Is The Best!

July 4, 2026 The New England Take

This week, on The New England Take, A. J. speaks with Adam Mangana, Education Innovator & CEO of Optima, about the importance of civics education and their online program to teach kids this vital subject, followed by A. J. diving into who Americans are and why we should celebrate our nation. Authors’ and Speakers’ opinions … Read more

MOFFETT: Knowledge, Ignorance, and HB112

January 15, 2026September 27, 2025 Michael Moffett

Our New Hampshire legislature gets many education bills—over 100 just last year—covering building aid, commission memberships, free school meal eligibility, cyber-bullying, masking, menstrual product policies, and much more. While some measures address important issues, most have little or no impact on learning, pedagogy, or knowledge acquisition. An exception was HB320 in 2021, which required that … Read more

Civics Lesson: Dear Idiots …

February 21, 2025 Steve MacDonald

If you are not on X, or arnot following me or Grok (and if you are on X please follow both), you might have missed this, and it’s brilliant. “White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller gives the Fake News a Civics lesson” during a White House Press Conference. Watch Karoline. At one point, … Read more

Stop Trying to Mass Up my New Hampshire 3

How About Mandatory Public School Classes on The NH Advantage?

January 11, 2025 Steve MacDonald

There may not be enough room to fit a module in on why New Hampshire is so much more successful than states like Vermont (Maine, Mass, CT, RI, NY, And so on). You’ve got all that DEI crap. Then there’s gender yoga, where you stretch reality to deliberately confuse your captured audience about whether they … Read more

Of Bike Lanes and Poor Civics

December 18, 2024December 18, 2024 Skip

During my absence, while I’ve been busy with DCYF (they’ve given me some paper targets of their own to shoot at), I’ve continued to take the Conservatarian fight to Lloyd Alter, formerly of Treehugger (aka “TH”), now the proprietor of his own place, Carbon Upfront. While being a failed architect (his description of himself – … Read more

This Is How Our Country Will Fall – From The Inside Out, Deliberately

October 1, 2024 Skip

A recent survey from the Annenberg Public Policy Center shows that roughly one-third of adult Americans are unable to name the three branches of the federal government. We are so screwed – and the Progressives are very happy over that factoid. Ann Marie Banfield has sounded the alarm on the DEI-infused Progressive group called NH … Read more

Scanlan’s Voter Ed Coordinator

August 3, 2024August 3, 2024 Op-Ed

Our Secretary of State announced New Hampshire’s first Civic and Voter Education Coordinator in a news release in June. The article reads, “Secretary Scanlan created the position of Civic and Voter Education Coordinator to increase voter engagement efforts within the state.” It would be easy for Granite Staters to read this article, agree with the sentiment … Read more

NAEP 2022 US History and Civics Are In: “Revealing Low Confidence in Civics Knowledge”

May 4, 2023 Skip

Often called “The Nation’s Report Card” it measures various subjects like Arts, Civics, Economics, Geography, Mathematics, Reading, Science, US History, and Writing. Given that we are political bloggers here at GraniteGrok, when this came in from the NH Department of Education, I took a look because the title of the email had this: NAEP releases … Read more

NH Civics? A Front for Radical Leftism in the New Hampshire Classrooms?

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Ann Marie Banfield

NH Civics in New Hampshire includes this statement on its website: “To develop, nurture, and maintain an informed, engaged, and civil New Hampshire citizenry.” That doesn’t sound too bad.

So Kids, What Did We Learn From Thursday’s House Session (09/15/22)?

September 16, 2022 Judy Aron

We learned it was “Veto Day” and the last session of this legislative body until after election day and new legislators are sworn in. The opening ceremonies included a memorial to Rep. Mary Griffin, who passed away recently, and prayers for Rep. Gary Hopper who is fighting cancer. There were also many thanks to those who have served the House and will not be returning and those who did not make it through their primaries last Tuesday.

Palate Cleanser – Oh, I only WISH this had happened two days ago!

December 27, 2021 Skip

Seriously, it is clear that our society is lacking in real knowledge of how things could operate in America (Civics, Representative Republic) and the why of our country (History, founding Political Philosophy).

Are Our Government Schools Teaching Civics and Our Constitution(s)?

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Op-Ed

Remarks made at the Dover School Board Meeting, 12/13/21:

How well we, as citizens, know and understand the Constitution and how our system of government works, depends largely upon what our students are taught in our public schools.

CALL TO ACTION: Tell NH Senators to Improve Civic Education – Vote FOR HB319

December 6, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

I run into resistance all of the time when supporting measures that would improve knowledge and literacy in the core academic subjects. That is why I’m making a public appeal to those who care about the poor quality of civics education students are receiving.

Hillsdale 1776 curriculum screen grab Hillsdale College

How to Fix the Civics Crisis in American Education, A Simple Solution

September 22, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

If you are looking for a fix to the crisis we are all seeing in Civics Education, some school administrators have figured it out. Ask your Superintendent making a six-figure salary, why they haven’t figured out this simple solution. It took the students and parents to wake up their administrators, but now you know what you need to do.

New Law in NH Requires Passing a Civics Competency Exam to Graduate

September 18, 2021July 30, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Governor Chris Sununu signed hasHB320 into law. “An Act requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation
requirement.” If you cant pass the civics exam, you don’t get your diploma.

Why is a NH State Rep and President of a Teachers Union Advocating Civics Illiteracy?

April 14, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

The New Hampshire House just advanced a bill that would require college students to pass the civics naturalization test as part of their diploma requirements. A similar bill recently passed the New Hampshire House requiring this of High School students too.

NH School Administrators Assoc. Advocating ILLITERACY in Civics?

February 5, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

Yesterday, Representative Mike Moffett introduced HB 320 to the House Education Committee. AN ACT requiring a civics competency assessment as a high school graduation requirement. This legislation would require all students graduating from a NH High School to pass the U.S. Citizenship test.

Action Civics: “Action civics is the application of Alinsky-style political organizing tactics to school children.”

December 29, 2020 Skip

I had never heard of the term “action civics” before I saw this post over at Powerline. Now, we see yet another word / idea being bastardized for use by the Left. I know what “direct action” is – the idea by Leftist groups that getting physical (e.g., Antifa, creating mobs, harassment, et al) is … Read more

DISQUS Doodlings – Who talks like this: “Silencing the majority. Silencing Democracy”

November 28, 2020 Skip

That would be a Progressive / Democrat on Ken’s “BOOM!!!! BREAKING NEWS!: Pennsylvania Judge Rules 2020 PA Election Likely Unconstitutional – Trump Case “Likelihood to Succeed” post in which PA Judge Patricia A. McCullough ruled that the PA election decisions are to be stopped right now. Well, of course that is not sitting well from … Read more

NH Ranked ‘Most Patriotic State’ in America – Wyoming is Second, Idaho Third…

June 22, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Wallet Hub’s latest US States ranking report is out, and New Hampshire is number one for Patriotism. Let’s take a look at what they think qualifies and how the Granite State managed to grab the top prize.