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So kids, what did we learn from Thursday’s House Session (Morning: 02/20/20)?

February 22, 2020 Judy Aron

We learned that in the morning some very good things took place. So I will start with that. The Merrimack Delegation stood together to honor the late Hon. Pete Batula. He was a good man. May his memory be a blessing always. The House made note to honor Black History Month, with members of the … Read more

Brilliant! Team Trump Twitter Video Takes Nancy and Her Speech Tearing Antics to the Wood Shed

October 23, 2024February 9, 2020 Steve MacDonald

My first take on the State of the Union was that Nancy screwed up. Tearing up the speech was terrible optics. A speech loaded with good news (in particular) for women and minorities. Pelosi tore it up and team Trump is making Democrats pay a price.

Should government schools teach civics?

February 4, 2020 Ian Underwood

Now and then, I hear conservatives calling for ‘more civics classes in schools’. And my first thought is always the same: How can these people seriously think that government-controlled schools are the right places to be teaching civics?

Education Tax Credits Survive Senate Committee

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020

New Hampshire’s Education Tax Credits survive Senate Committee, unanimously. The New Hampshire Senate Ways & Means Committee held a hearing this morning on the Education Tax Credits. Well, they heard a bill to alter the program, that is. All five members of the Committee voted to ITL (kill) the bill. They are: Majority Leader Dan … Read more

Washington State ‘Free College’ Promise Collapsing Before it Gets Started

January 27, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Giving away other people’s money is the foundation of Democrat Party Politics. You’ve been wronged, give us power and we’ll make sure someone else pays to “fix it.”

SCOTUS Looks Ready to Tip Over Another Left-Wing Crap Wagon

January 26, 2020 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire Democrats have tied their government school monopoly to a crap wagon. It’s filled with the words “tax dollars can go to religious schools.” It’s in the NH state Constitution. Well, the US Supreme Court may be about to toss that limitation in Montana and that could tip over the NH crap wagon.

The Kids Climate Case Dismissed For Lack of Standing – Are NH Courts Paying Attention?

January 18, 2020 Steve MacDonald

The kids’ climate case was a class-action lawsuit. The idea was to get the courts to force the government into action on catastrophic climate change. Failing or refusing to do so violates the kid’s rights to life, liberty, and property.

More Attacks on Learn Everywhere

January 14, 2020

Children learn through a variety of activities, including those outside the traditional school environment and schedule. This is no different if the student is five-years-old or fifteen.

What Is The Perfect Cost Of Education?

January 13, 2020January 13, 2020 Third Party Content

Parents, guardians, and students want to calculate the cost of college before enrollment. It helps with budgeting and reserving finances for other expenses. You also have to consider other factors not entered in the fees like professional dissertation writing and social life. The real cost of education will depend on several factors, as outlined below. … Read more

Learn Everywhere? No – you MUST learn HERE!

January 6, 2020 Christopher Maidment

The Learn Everywhere program was an innovative program passed into law that allowed the Commissioner and Board of Education to create rules that allowed curriculum performed outside of the classroom to count for High School credit. Each School District, if the rules were adopted, would be ‘forced’ to accept said credits, even if performed by … Read more

Well, Here We Are 2020, (Now What?)

January 2, 2020

We are headed, not only into the new year but into a new decade. Some are calling it the kickoff to the Roaring Twenties redux. Let’s hope not. Voters are facing some incredibly important decisions. Absolutely everything is on the line. Heads up, it is time to defend your values and principles before it is too late.

NH Democrats are Trying to Mandate Climate Change “Education” in the Classroom

December 16, 2019

The majority of Democrat candidates for President have declared climate change their number one concern. Now, the New Hampshire Democrats have taken it a step further. HB1635 has been introduced, which will require the instruction of climate change in all public schools, grades pre-K through grade 12.

Pleasant Lies or Painful Truth

December 13, 2019

It is coming time for us to choose between pleasant lies or painful truth. Do federal policymakers really know how to improve productivity in the American economy? The answer seems to be NO. Education is a large sector of the American economy. If educational results are an indication, the answer is definitely in the negative.

Online Learning May Help the US Close Education Gap

Students Deserve the Best Education Possible

December 7, 2019December 7, 2019

All our state’s students deserve the best education possible, and many people contribute to making that happen. Parents, teachers and school officials are all critical in the effort to educate our kids and help them unlock their potential. But our state legislators are also important, because they help set the overall approach that schools take … Read more

If NH is Too White Why Did Dem’s Reject Money for a Program That Attracts Minorities?

December 4, 2019December 2, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Democrats say that New Hampshire is too white. There isn’t enough color. They also believe that the government can fix it. Probably not. But when the chance arose for the government to do something that attracts minorities, they chose to vote against it.

Yet Another Example of Public Schools Telling Parents, “screw you!”

November 29, 2019 Skip

Any time you hear about “social justice” in schools, yank children out of there any way possible – “Social Justice” is nothing more than Leftist indoctrination of your precious ones.

Democrats Support Unions - Oppose Educational Excellence

Democrats Unions – Oppose Educational-Excellence

November 27, 2019

Democrats’ plan at the national, state and local level is to support unions and oppose educational excellence. They are working to curb or reverse the spread of charter schools. Our kids are brilliant and curious. It’s not fair to keep them down by not supporting education that works.

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Only You Can Keep Wakefield Common-Core Free

November 24, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Wakefield is holding another public session on a potential introduction of Common Core to its curriculum. As noted here, back in October, the town has – until now – shown no interest in the standard. Now it seems like something or someone is hot to embrace it.

Lessons in Left-Wing Activism are Now Part of Elementary School Curriculum

April 3, 2023November 19, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Very few things about this hobby make me go, ‘what the..?’. This, I admit, comes close. Public schools are not just filling heads with progressive mush. The curriculum includes educating elementary school kids in radicalized left-wing community organizing.

Commissioner Frank Edelblut: The Legislature should trust educators and parents

November 18, 2019 Op-Ed

From its inception, the idea of public charter schools has been to free public education from the burden of excessive and restrictive rules that prevent educators from being effective.