After seeing the Democrats kill SB272, the NH Senate’ Parental Rights bill, last Thursday, I strongly, strongly, strongly suggest that parents get their children out of the public GOVERNMENT schools. These schools have become a black box of the unknown and allow staff to keep secrets and openly lie to parents.
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Suing over Pronouns, Homework is Racist, Armed Guards in All TN Schools, and More! – Stack of Stuff #47
It never ends, does it? The Left never stops, never gives up. We who simply just want to be left alone and want Government to do what we pay it to do and nothing more and nothing less have to learn that lesson. “You WILL be made to care” (Erick Erickson) you can add “If … Read more
Dumbing Down Public Ed in NH: FULL STEAM AHEAD with Competency Based Education
Competency-Based Education (CBE) is a fundamental shift away from a knowledge-based education to a workforce training model. It was said during the Obama administration that he was going to redesign public education. Most people had no idea what he meant, but education researchers knew exactly what he intended to do to public schools across America. … Read more
Overload in Public Schools. Or If You’d Rather: Overhead Bloat
My career was spent as a software engineer and consultant. The last twenty years of it were spent working for a manufacturing software vendor, and I spent a lot of time talking with both C-level leaders, the blue-collar workers on the shop floor, and everyone in between. The mantra, at least in well-run shops was:
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court Finds “Right To An Adequate National Defense” … Biden To Send Troops To Ukraine
In a unanimous decision earlier today the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the general welfare clause … Article 1, Section 8 … of the constitution guarantees an adequate national defense. The Supreme Court added that, while “in the first instance it is up to Congress to define the parameters of an adequate national defense, the … Read more
So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (05/04/23)?
We learned that Senate and House Democrats are fixated on supplying menstrual products in every public bathroom at public expense—this time, they want it provided in state and county correctional facilities at taxpayer expense with SB209. A similar bill, HB421, has already passed in the House, which is now awaiting its fate in the Senate.
The ConVal Education Funding Trial … What The NHGOP Should Do, But Won’t, Because The NHGOP Is Controlled Opposition
This is the third in a series of posts on the ConVal education-funding trial. For your ease of reference, the first was THE CONVAL EDUCATION FUNDING LAWSUIT … ATTORNEY GENERAL JOHNNY-WOKE TELLS THE COURT: THE STATE IS ONLY A LITTLE BIT PREGNANT and the second, HEY PATHETIC NHGOP … CONVAL IS AN ACTUAL ATTACK ON OUR … Read more
Hey Pathetic NHGOP … ConVal Is An Actual Attack On Our Democracy … And You Are AWOL
So, dear NHGOP, let me pose the following question to you: HOW MUCH DOES AN “ADEQUATE” TEACHER COST? And now, dear NHGOP, a follow-up question: IS DETERMINING THE COST OF AN “ADEQUATE” TEACHER A LEGAL QUESTION OR A POLITICAL QUESTION?
The ConVal Education Funding Lawsuit … Attorney General Johnny-Woke Tells The Court: The State Is Only A Little Bit Pregnant
According to Attorney General Johnny-Woke, courts can AND SHOULD determine whether “the State” is “fully funding” an “adequate education,” as long as they don’t try to determine how much it costs to “fully fund” an “adequate education.” I kid you not … from New Hampshire Business Review: Attorney General Formella’s team is not seeking to … Read more
Did COVID Shutdowns Affect NH Student Performance?
A popular narrative is that the COVID pandemic shutdowns made things worse for public schools, so we should cut them some slack. But there are two problems with this.
Vermont Lawmakers Look For Ways to Keep Kids From Attending Religious Schools
Vermont has a squishy Republican governor and veto-proof majorities of Dems in its legislature. Team Blue is looking for a workaround to Carson v. Makin which forbids a state with a tuitioning program from discriminating against children who might want to spend it at faith-based schools.
So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (04/06/23)?
So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (04/06/23)? We learned that India and NH have good business relations. The Ambassador from India, Taranjit Singh Sandhu, was warmly welcomed to House chambers at the start of House Session, with members of the Senate in attendance. He spoke about the great work India … Read more
So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (03/22/23)?
We learned that in 7 ½ hours House was able to get through 53 bills, but only by tabling 30 of them. Yes, it was a Table extravaganza! In fact, when Rep. Matt Simon (R- Littleton) motioned to Table HB507 (the occupational and professional licensing bill) he did so by saying. “The Table is rapidly … Read more
The Three Letters That Strike Fear in the Hearts of Teachers’ Unions and Public Schools
Three letters strike fear in the hearts of teachers’ unions and public schools in our state—three letters that arouse hatred and animosity in our teachers: EFA. Educational Freedom Accounts.
D.E.I. Must Die or a Loved One Might.
November 1980: New York City’s WASHINGTON HEIGHTS – The Columbia Medical School applicant was walking out of the parking garage. A semi-comatose man lay across the sidewalk. People gave him no notice and walked by and over him.
Where Li’l Debby Altschiller Hates on Low-Income Women
Democrat Debra Altschiller was recently quoted as referring to schooling anywhere but the blessed government-run schools as “sending our students to siloed and unregulated institutions of indoctrination.”
The Problem With Education Freedom Accounts
Remember the rationale we were given for trading with and investing in China? In case you forgot … supposedly, this trade and investment would lead to China becoming less authoritarian and more democratic. How did that work out? Rhetorical question, of course.
New Hampshire Funds Public Education The Same Way DC Funds The War in Ukraine
So I put up this facetious post pointing out the hypocrisy of the self-proclaimed “fiscal conservatives” in the NHGOP who are railing (pun intended) about commuter rail to Boston … while ignoring all the waste, fraud and corruption in funding public education and the blank check to the Ukraine … Damn Right We Should Build … Read more
Our Education System is a Failed State
Our education system is costing more and producing less every year. In my small town, the Tax Rate is $24.75 / thousand, with Education accounting for $18.00. That is 73% of every tax dollar earmarked for schools giving us lower test scores yearly.
So Kids, What Did We Learn From This Week’s House Session (Feb 22-23)?
We learned that when Republicans show up and stay for the session, we can stop bad bills and move along good ones. That was the main theme throughout the 2-day voting marathon. Apparently, we were still unable to stop some very bad bills, too (read on).