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Your Kid’s School Went ‘Woke’? Consider Homeschool.

July 26, 2023 Op-Ed

“Woke” culture has become so prominent in the American education system that it would not be surprising to learn that schools were replacing the once popular rhyme “sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” with “sticks and stones may break my bones but opinions I disagree with can make … Read more

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Free NH Charter School Provides Customized Education with Complete Flexibility

July 7, 2023 Op-Ed

Have you ever thought about educating at home, but didn’t know how to start? Did you know there is a free online charter school for New Hampshire residents in grades K-12 and beyond?

Homeschooling is Key to Preserving Liberty

May 31, 2023 Op-Ed

The most recent release from the federally funded Nation’s Report Card shows that 40 percent of eighth graders lack even a basic understanding of US history, while only 14 percent are proficient or advanced in history.

I Seem to Have Nothing for Today So I’ll Just Put up Another Democrat Disparaging Parents.

November 11, 2022 Skip

Shades of Jeanne Dietsch, former NH State Senator, who infamously uttered the words: “This idea of parental choice, that’s great if the parent is well-educated. There are some families that’s perfect for. But to make it available to everyone? No. I think you’re asking for a huge amount of trouble,” Dietsch said. … “If the … Read more

Schools more interested in sexual orientation than education proficiency

What Is Education’s Role in America Today?

May 24, 2022 Op-Ed

I want to say that I am a strong advocate for our public school system in the order of the excellent education I received 56 years ago. We need to reinstate educational excellence in our institution of public education. This is what I want. This is what parents want and this is what Commissioner Edelblut wants in my conversations with him.

Too Many Children Leaving School without Skills Needed for Success

March 22, 2022 Don

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.”

Create a Stable and Vibrant Learning Opportunity

October 7, 2021
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This fall marks the third school year impacted by Covid-19. Regardless of where you are on mask protocols or vaccinations, our children’s learning is greatly disrupted and at-risk. Learning gaps and emotional upheavals can last years if not decades. Why tolerate this for your children when there is an alternative?

Home-Schooling Taking Off While Public School Enrollment Declines

September 29, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

I’ve been researching education in America for about two decades now. There are essentially two camps; one that only seems to care about funneling money to public schools, and the other who is dedicated to improving public schools.

Who’s Afraid of Education Freedom?

June 9, 2021 Op-Ed

Change is coming to our outdated education system. So far this year, more than a dozen states have enacted policies that empower families to choose their child’s learning environment using the public funds set aside for their child. The “Live Free or Die” state could be next—so long as special interests don’t get their way.

This Won’t Make Any Points With Progressives

May 31, 2021 Skip

I’m working hard to convince TMEW to homeschool the Grandson. She’s agreed, as a former teacher, to do a test trial over the summer as more and more I keep coming across material that Reading, Writing, and ‘Rithmetic are the core academic priorities.

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Data Point – Homeschooling Has Now Hit Over 11%; Teachers Unions Hardest Hit

March 28, 2021 Skip

(evergreen headline alluded to above). Reformatted, emphasis mine). Data Says Homeschooling Is Skyrocketing …The pandemic, school closures nationwide, and some parents seeing the racialized and sexualized classroom curricula have changed this statistic significantly…By fall, 11.1% of households with school-age children reported homeschooling (Sept. 30-Oct. 12). A clarification was added to the school enrollment question to … Read more

Betcha You Don’t See This in a Homeschooling Situation

February 21, 2021 Skip

Do you want your kids in this situation – getting the snot beat out of them in class? Or even worse, the child that’s instigated this battle in a classroom?

HB 20, “Education Freedom Accounts,” Will Usher In Private/Home School Regulation and Broad Based Taxes

February 1, 2021 Doris Hohensee

After the long pandemic year, thousands of parents are beyond frustrated with “remote” and “hybrid” instruction for their children. As a result, thousands of students have already left public schools, and many parents are desperately looking for alternative ways to give their children an adequate education.

HB 20 Puts Homeschoolers at Risk

January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

The universal EFA bill, House Bill 20, as currently written makes nearly every child in the state eligible for the program, capable of transferring into it, but that is not the same as saying an EFA student is a homeschooler or EFA funds can be used for home education.

NH Homeschooling More Than Doubles in 2020

January 4, 2021

The New Hampshire Department of Education released preliminary home education student enrollment just prior to the holidays. The enrollment figures are those new homeschooling children who notified the various Participating Agency options across the state: their local public school districts, the Department of Education, and private schools that offer this service.

Palate Cleanser: Giving a Whole New Meaning to Want to Homeschool!

January 2, 2021 Skip

I’m supposing that I’m going to have to get one of these in a few years for the Grandson. I’m also expecting that he’d be looking for it to go BOOM! to boot.

SDGANH: Home Schooling Model Policy

December 15, 2020 Op-Ed

The New Hampshire School Boards Association (NHSBA) recently provided to their member boards a draft of Policy IHBG regarding home education. Granite State Home Educators (GSHE) did an analysis of the NHSBA policy draft and found that their proposed policy has several problematic components.

A Tipping Point – Teachers Pushing Parents to Homeschool…

October 7, 2020 Skip

As a former local Budget Committee member, I can tell you that the phrase “it’s for the children” is a complete lie – it’s really for the adults in the teachers union.”

Vermont : 75% Rise in Homeschooling Could Hit Public School Budgets Hard

September 2, 2020 Steve MacDonald

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).”