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How School Funding Works (Part 1)

by Ian Underwood

One of the things that allows so much nonsense to be bandied about when discussing school funding is that almost no one — including legislators, judges, and DoE officials — seems to understand how SWEPT (Statewide education property taxes) and adequacy grants are related. In what follows, I’ll use nice round numbers that approximate but … Read more

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Are the State Courts Trying To Transfer Control of School Districts to Central Command in Concord? (Part II)

by California Refugee

In Part 1, I explained the 1993 decision of CLAREMONT SCHOOL DISTRICT V GOVERNOR. Fast forward to “today”: we now have two trial court rulings coming out of the Rockingham Superior Court that is a direct result of this 1993 decision and which essentially order a complete takeover of the New Hampshire School system by the State.

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Equity Requires a Ceiling, Not a Floor

by Ian Underwood

The Democrat-controlled Commission to Study School Funding has issued its final report.  There’s no chance that a Republican-controlled government is going to implement the recommendations of this report.  (At least, one hopes that’s the case, but as  Winnie-the-Pooh would say, you never can tell with Republicans.)

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Groundhog Day

by Ian Underwood

In the film Groundhog Day, Phil keeps waking up to the same day, over and over, already knowing what’s going to happen, and powerless to stop it.

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Inspector Volinsky Runs For Governor

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Andru Volinsky, Executive Councilor in District 2, has announced his run for Governor, joining Democrat Senate Majority Leader Dan Feltes to create a primary. Volinsky has refused to take a pledge against broad-based taxes, such as an income tax or a sales tax. “I think if you take the pledge, you shut down honest conversation,” … Read more

GrokInterview: Frank Edelblut, NH Commissioner of Education – Part 5

by Skip

And yes, I put NH Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut into a prickly position on this but hey, GraniteGrok is NH’s leading and most influential political blogsite – of COURSE this was going to come up. Andru Volinsky – no interview about education should take place without a mention that Andru Alinsky Volinsky was responsible … Read more

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