A recent ruling was issued by the New Hampshire Superior Court on state funding of public schools in New Hampshire. Legislators pride themselves on local control when it comes to decisions that should be made by local communities. But if more funding is required by the state, will that mean that they expect to have more of a say in what happens in your school?
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Fed up with Schools Disrespecting Students and Parents
I must admit that I am fed up and tired of reading about how these schools continue to disrespect students and parents. Also, to the same extent, how women and girls are bullied and abused in competitive athletics. Where are the women who burned their bras in the sixties?
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.
Endless Lawsuits to Funnel Limitless Amounts of Money to Failing Government Schools
With the realization that many of our state and national elections have been determined by pre-programmed ballot counting machine voter fraud, people who now want to get involved need a basic set of documents for research.
Nashua Alderman Suggest Cutting Budget for Right to Know Requests
Good evening,
My Name is Albert Todd and I live at <redacted> in Nashua. I am writing this message in response to the Nashua Alderman Board that I joined and watched on 4/27/2021. During this board meeting, many interesting topics were discussed but one struck me as odd and alarming. That is when the Board started discussing a reduction in funding for Right to Know Requests.
How NOT to Think About School Funding (Part 2)
Previously, I discussed the idea, popular in some quarters, that if a parent withdraws his child from a public school in order to send him to a private school, the parent ought to reimburse the district for lost adequacy funds. Today I’d like to discuss a complementary idea, also popular in some quarters, that if … Read more
Granite Crock: ‘Don’t confuse us with the facts!’
Long ago, a Congressman from my home state gained notoriety when he said, while defending Richard Nixon, ‘Don’t confuse me with the facts.’ I was reminded of this upon reading an article that Steve forwarded to me from the Granite Crock site, which was written to ‘debunk’ something I’d written.
School Funding: Lower Taxes, Same Student Achievement
If you had the Triangle of Light (from Tomb Raider), you could just go back in time to 1998, the year of the Claremont II decision. You don’t have that, but you have something almost as good — a filing cabinet.
School funding: Viewing problems as opportunities
Remember that moment when Mulan figures out how to climb the pole? To do it, she has to change the way she views the two weights. What seems at first to be a problem (‘How do I carry these weights with me as I climb?’) turns out to be an opportunity (‘I can use these … Read more
The Magic of Per-Student Cost
Are your state representatives smarter than fifth-graders? Here’s a word problem that even a fifth-grader should be able to solve: A boat ferries passengers across a lake. Ten people want to ride it together. The captain says: It costs me $100 to run the boat, so you’ll have to pay an average of $10 each. … Read more
School funding: What problem are we trying to solve?
There is an old Chinese saying that if you chase two rabbits, both will escape. Before making decisions about what to spend, and how to get the money, and from whom, we have to decide what we’re trying to do: Educate children? Provide daycare and other social services to parents? Create job security for teachers? … Read more
Next time NH Democrats start yammering about “Dark Money” in campaigns, remember this:
Note the last question below: LEFT’S NON-PROFIT FUNDING LEAD KEEPS GROWING: Michael Watson and Shane Devine of the Capital Research Center (CRC) update through the 2018 campaign the center’s ongoing study comparing charitable funding resources for the Left and Right and finds the former’s advantage continues to expand. “In the 2017–2018 cycle, the 301 groups supported by … Read more
Gov. Threatens to Withhold Funding to Counties That Ignore His COVID Orders
Remember when Arizona tried to enforce Federal Immigration laws the Feds were ignoring. The Obama administration sued the state? How about when President Trump told Democrat Governors he’d withhold federal money if they obstructed Federal Immigration Enforcement?
Court Rules States Can Exclude Planned Parenthood from Medicaid Funding
Are you tired of your tax dollars going to pay for abortion? You are not alone. But that does not include the Democrat Party or Planned Parenthood. They care a lot. And they just took another gutshot in court.
Sununu’s Lockdown Agenda Surges Just In Time For Election
Sununu issues two more Emergency Orders and another Executive Order extending the shutdown in advance of the Elections.
Where are the Police? Crime is up People are Unhappy.
Where are the Police? That is the question of the hour in Minneapolis. The city has made itself an object lesson in Democrat leadership or lack thereof. Minneapolis is the home of the late George Floyd. After his death the all Democrat Minneapolis City Council went on the political offensive.
Vermont : 75% Rise in Homeschooling Could Hit Public School Budgets Hard
When things don’t go your way, you change the rules. That’s the look I’m getting from Vermont, where parents announcing their intent to homeschool is up 75%. The problem? “State law at present allocates funding to school districts on an “Average Daily Membership (ADM).”
Four Ways to Spend Money on Education
As we consider just what we’ll be getting from our schools this fall, and what we’ll be paying for that, we should remind ourselves now of just why we’re all going to feel so disappointed later.
GoGovernMe
Recently, Reason published an article based on this analogy: ‘If a Walmart doesn’t reopen, families can take their food stamps elsewhere. If a school doesn’t reopen, families should similarly be able to take their education dollars elsewhere.’
No Police No Problem … Really?
No shirt, No shoes, No police, No problem. Cities deciding to cut their police funding should stop and ask: Who was Jimmy Hoffa? Maybe they could be cutting their own supply lines. Would that be an issue? What percentage of food, hardware, lumber, electrical supplies, etc. comes by a truck?