Parents need to know that Portrait of a Graduate is a national program created by an Ohio-based company called Battelle for Kids. Portrait of a Graduate is being used to fundamentally transform the purpose of US education.
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Compromise Is a Lost Art
I have written on numerous occasions about the ills of the education system and the indoctrination of our children. I can speak about this subject because I drive a school bus for high school students in my hometown.
Shall-Issue School Districts
In Croydon, where the school district has switched from a ransom model to a budget model, parents are suddenly asking lots of questions about the lower-cost alternatives for providing the opportunity for an adequate education that are being explored by the school board — mainly micro-schools run by companies like Prenda and Kai.
These Parents Want The Education the Government Promised but Failed to Deliver
Last year, the state of NH was hailed for groundbreaking education legislation when they passed HB 581 and it was signed by Governor Sununu.
Parenthood Is a Responsibility Not Some Bureaucrat’s Whim
Reading that one Moira O’Neal believes and stated that “being a parent is a privilege” just kind of makes my blood boil. Parenthood is a responsibility but O’Neal’s statement implies that even that can be taken away by any bureaucrat’s whim.
Heartbroken in Croydon
At most of the school board meetings that have followed the recent right-sizing of Croydon’s school budget, at least one parent has expressed a thought that simply breaks my heart:
School District Says Vote-By-Mail Suppressed Voter Turnout
A local district in Vermont had its school budget fail by 60 votes. They blamed it on low voter turnout, which they blamed on vote-by-mail. The ability to vote by mail resulted in low turnout which put the kibosh on the budget.
Teacher: ” Whose Your Mommy?” – I’m Your Mommy Now!
I keep seeing things like this all the time popping up in reports from schools in which teachers are demonstrably telling students that their parents hate them – so we will be your parents. We ARE your parents – your biological ones don’t want you anymore. That’s the message teachers are sending kids.
Four Simple Rules for Funding Education
To the extent that society has any legitimate role at all in taking money from some people in order to give it to others, there are some rules that really ought to be followed when doing it.
Too Many Children Leaving School without Skills Needed for Success
Most Americans feel obligated to prepare each younger American generation to prosper and to carry on America’s founding principle, “that all men are created equal, endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights – Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”
So Kids, What Did We Learn From Wednesday’s House Session (03/16/22)?
We learned that between 9 am and 10:00 pm (lunch and dinner break included) we were able to vote on around 71 House bills, and pass some really great things for the people of NH. House members truly earned their princely sum of $200 just with this grueling day alone.
So Kids, What Did We Learn From Tuesday’s House Session (03/15/22)?
We learned that it was a good day for 2nd amendment rights, parental rights, health freedom rights, and school choice. The Republican-led House passed some really good bills today.
SAU16/Exeter Administrators, Selling More Snake Oil to Spin the Failures of Remote Learning
In the latest article drafted by school administrators in SAU16/Exeter, David Ryan, Esther Asbell, and Christopher Adriski try to smooth over the disaster they helped create in the school district.
Notable Quote – Blame It on the Democrats That Blacks Can’t Spel
If the Grand Dragon of the Ku Klux Klan wanted to sabotage black academic excellence, he could not find a more effective means to do so than the government school system in most cities. -Prof. Walter Williams (Black Americans and liberty) Doubt him? If you are angry at that, or the title, start reviewing the … Read more
If Public Schools Are Better They Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Competition
SHOT: Kansas Teacher Unions hate curriculum transparency for Parents (e.g., prevent Parents from being able to access ALL of the materials we use to teach their kids).
School Choice: Old Wine in a New Bottle
Consider two possible government programs — ‘Roof Choice’, and ‘Roofer Choice’ — which are designed to provide everyone with the roof guaranteed them by the state constitution.
Who Is Teaching Your Kids?
Sorry folks – no more just assuming that your childrens’ teachers fit the old stereotype that you had when growing up (or that of your kids’ grandparents).
Democratic State Rep. Won’t Define What “Pleasure” Means in Her Legislation.
Here’s a quick take for you. Why would a legislator ever use the word pleasure in a piece of legislation? And if they did, shouldn’t they be able to explain what it means in the context of the bill?
Teacher: Parents are Bourgeois When it Comes to “Educationally Based Sexuality”
Even as the Media “normalized all manner of sexual practice, most Parents are either against those things altogether or believe it is THEIR responsibility to introduce such subjects or teach their kids.