Proficiency scores came out in October and from what I have seen, they are not pretty. Proficiency scores for the entire state decreased significantly due to school closures and failure to properly educate our kids.
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Parents: Take Back Control of Your Children’s Education
If you are a parent who is not satisfied with the education that is being provided for your children, please come and learn how you can take control of their education.
From ESAs to EARP — An exercise in accurate naming
Confucius said that the first step towards wisdom is to call things by their right names. It’s a good rule to live by. If you misname something, you won’t really be able to think about it correctly, because you’ll be thinking about what it’s called, rather than about what it is. On the other hand, if you name something very accurately and precisely, many of the straw man arguments against it can’t gain any traction.
Let’s apply this reasoning to ESAs, or Education Savings Accounts, and see where it takes us.
And the Law of Unintended Consequences kicks in on Day One
Lawsuit over school choice program has new life thanks to constitutional amendment
A six-year-old state law that allows businesses to claim a tax deduction for donations to a private school scholarship fund could face another court challenge, now that voters have overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the state constitution. “On the 2012 voucher bill, I think there’s a good deal of energy out there to challenge it again and getting the court to decide it on the merits,” said former state Board of Education member Bill Duncan on Wednesday. “But it’s hard to tell if the same marshaling of resources can happen again anytime soon.”
As I said when people asked me about the Constitutional ballot initiatives (re: taxpayers having standing to sue and privacy), if it was “limited”
Got School Choice? Not if you Elect Democrats in New Hampshire
Over and over again, New Hampshire Democrats keep hammering away at some non-existent voucher bill in the state. They appear to be referring to Educational Savings Accounts (ESAs) but they never let facts get in the way of their propaganda. ESAs are not a school voucher program nor will they cause an increase in property … Read more