The Learning Initiative gives you a good idea about the players in New Hampshire that push national education initiatives, whether they work or not. Think about all of the fads that have come through our public schools only to be shown that they did nothing to improve academic outcomes.
Portrait of a Graduate
Keene Now Selling Parents Portrait of a Graduate: Here Is What They Will Not Tell You
Do you get the feeling that school administrators do not want you challenging them on the garbage they are allowing in your district now? From Pornography for kids to gender theory to CRT to assignments that are more about identity and self-examination than actually learning any quality academic content. The Keene school district is no exception. They are selling this latest fad as if it’s a “strategic plan.” Schools simply copy the fads, then years later when it’s time to keep the focus off the lousy proficiency scores, they come up with something else to replace them.
NH Schools Developing Psychological Profiles on Your Children (SAU16, SAU21 and others)
School administrators are going ahead with SEL (Social and Emotional Learning) surveys on your children. This allows Ed Tech vendors to collect sensitive mental health data on students, in order to build a psychological profile on them.
Portrait of a Learner in SAU21: More Data Mining Your Child’s Mental Health for $$$
Many schools across the country are developing something called Portrait of a Graduate. At the elementary level, this is called Portrait of a Learner. SAU21 just put out a notice to parents that they will be discussing this program on Tuesday October 4th at Winnacunnet High School.