Tag: Jody Underwood

Coming Soon – Micah Studios

June 16, 2023

by Skip

By Audrey Champness EAGLE TIMES CORRESPONDENT – Jun 12, 2023: NEWPORT, NH June 12, 2023–Micah Studios, founded by Jessica Rothbart, Stacey Hammerlind, and Jody Underwood, is a private learning organization located at the Epiphany Stone Church in Newport. Aimed at students who don’t fit into traditional educational models and homeschoolers seeking a structured yet flexible … Read more

Required Reading – The Fast and Easy Way to “Level Up” Your Understanding …

May 25, 2023

by Op-Ed

For the sake of honesty and full disclosure, I should first point out my lack of qualifications to fancy myself a book critic, but when I have something to say that’s worth shouting from the rooftops, why hold back?

The Government Is Not the Parent of Children, nor Should It Be.

August 4, 2023April 21, 2023

by Jody Underwood

Dear House Education Committee, I attended the public hearing for SB 272. As you know, people threw around examples of why SB 272 is good and why it’s bad.

Lock chain loged gate closed Photo by Jose Fontano on Unsplash

Did COVID Shutdowns Affect NH Student Performance?

August 4, 2023April 11, 2023

by Jody Underwood

A popular narrative is that the COVID pandemic shutdowns made things worse for public schools, so we should cut them some slack. But there are two problems with this.

CNHT Picnic – The Advocacy Groups Part 2

July 14, 2019

by Skip

The next set of Advocacy Groups that spoke at CNHT’s Annual Picnic: Camp Constitutional – Hal Shurtleff School District Governance Association of NH (“SDGA”) – Jody Underwood, Ph.D Granite State Taxpayers (“GST”) – Dan McGuire NHFC – JR Hoell

CNHT – The MicroInterviews: Jody Underwood

July 13, 2019July 13, 2019

by Skip

The last MicroInterview from the CNHT Annual Picnic was with Jody Underwood. She holds a Ph.D and is the current Chair of the School District Governance Association of NH which is dedicated to educating School Board and Budget Committee members as to what their Powers are based on NH’s Statutes (the “RSAs”). We talk about … Read more

Kill This ‘School Choice’ Bill

July 15, 2024May 17, 2016

by Steve MacDonald

Jody and Ian Underwood join us to talk about HB 1637, a school choice bill introduced to make the law clearer. We talk about what happened to it in the legislature and why we now want to see it killed.

May 14th, 2016 Podcast

July 15, 2024May 14, 2016

by Steve MacDonald

Ashley McGuire from The Catholic Association joins us to talk religious liberty, and Jody and Ian Underwood stop in to discuss school choice.

AG Tells Town To Violate the Law to Stop School Choice

July 15, 2024September 28, 2015

by Steve MacDonald

The tiny town of Croydon, NH is under attack from a State Attorney General’s office that is not just ignoring the law as written (to prevent School Choice), they are asking the Town selectman to break the law to aid them in their venture.

GrokTALK! – School Choice in Croydon, NH Part III

July 15, 2024April 17, 2015

by Steve MacDonald

We continue the school choice discussion touching on who benefits from a voucher program, how Croydon is ready to go court if they are forced (because state law and the state constitution are on their side), a bit of what the law actually says, and a look at the real costs of public education.

GrokTALK! School Choice in Croydon NH Part I

July 15, 2024April 15, 2015

by Steve MacDonald

Jody Underwood joins us to discuss Croydon, New Hampshire’s journey to school choice, details, background, and the state’s changing reaction to the plan.

GrokTALK! April 11th, 2015

July 15, 2024April 11, 2015

by Steve MacDonald

This week our guests are Susan Olsen (2A and Legislative update), Yvonne Dean-Bailey (Special election candidate for the NH House), and Jody Underwood (On school choice, vouchers, and Education in Croydon, NH). We’ve also got Uber, Down-shifting, decentralization, forest management, local control, and more…