His Excellency just signed into law a bill that requires public schools to ‘provide instruction in cursive writing’ and ‘provide instruction of the multiplication tables’ by the end of fifth grade.
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Public Education
Call Them What They Are: Welfare Schools
Anyone who knows me has heard me quote Confucius: The first step towards wisdom is to call things by their right names. What we call things determines how we think about them and how we act toward them. This is why it’s time for us to stop using the term public school and replace it with … Read more
What Kind of Parent?
There’s a question that should be asked more often, which gets at the moral foundations of treating education as an entitlement. Suppose you own several properties in a town. You have two kids, who are being schooled at the expense of the town, which costs the town more than $500,000 over the course of two … Read more
Promoted from the Comments – A Contrarian View on “Call for Candidates: Run for School Board!”
Steve had put up a post a couple of days ago for the 603 Alliance’s School Board training to run for School Board positions: If you’re concerned about the decline in academic standards, the harm done by shutdowns and mandatory masking, and the politicization of our public schools, please consider running for School Board in … Read more
Brian the Foul-Mouthed 5th Grade Teacher No Longer Works for The Public School
Brian was a fifth-grade teacher with some very pro-socialist vaccine thoughts that he shared in a public space. We shared those a year ago, shortly after which Brian’s left-wing nuttery went into hiding. Now it seems that so has he.
Are Caucasians Victims of Planned Obsolescence?
With all of the negativity surrounding us with the current state of our nation, one questions whether it is a collection of random policies or is there a master plan. I do not want to give the Democrats too much credit by thinking they could be working on a massive, clandestine operation to transform America … Read more
SAU16/Exeter and the Failed Leadership That Drove Families to Leave
Problems have been plaguing the SAU16/ Exeter school district for a few years now. Parents have been fighting to improve their schools during this time, only to find themselves dismissed and ignored. What does this tend to do to families who are frustrated that their voices are being ignored?
Cover the World in Leather? Or Wear Shoes?
The so-called Parental Bill of Rights (HB 1431) just went down to a narrow defeat (171-176) in the House, after passing the Senate (14-10). RebuildNH’s recommendation? Run for office. Get politically active. Try again next session. Keep trying to put one over on the other side, while they keep trying to put one over on … Read more
What Is Education’s Role in America Today?
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.
Black Students Accused of Hate Crimes Must Have the Left Losing Its Hive Mind
We have a report of a Middle School Near miss in Broward County Florida. This near-miss isn’t about firearms but there are troubled kids and troubled educators, but not the way you might imagine.
Could the Political Response to COVID Save Public Education?
For many years we as parents didn’t really pay much attention. But all that has definitely changed. We are all very much on high alert in our School districts. The radar is out and parents are watching what the schools and teachers are teaching, and we may have Covid to thank for that.
Questions, Questions, and Some Thoughts. And Your’s Are?
Like so many people today, I am also deep in thinking about how we got here..We are openly seeing and saying that there is a mental health crisis in America and we Olders know it’s nothing new.
Public Education is Broken
I had a chat this morning with Liz Gabert about COVID Era Public Education, and some of the issues with public schools in General. I’d classify it as “easy listening” unless you are some union-schooly-tool. Then you might need a few antacids and a trip to your therapist. 12m 36s You can also iHeart Radio
Sun-King Chris Sununu Names Kelly Ayotte His Heir Apparent
You may have read about the brouhaha involving Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut speaking to parents: TOTAL NONSENSE! NH Education Commissioner Demonized For Talking to Parents! and Democrats Play Politics With Parents and Children. But it is NOT just the Communists (you may call them Democrats, if you wish) who have a problem with Edelblut speaking to parents because … Read more
The Politically Incorrect Guide to: Public Education
“In the eighth episode of “The Politically Incorrect Guide,” Tom Woods & Michael Malice demolish America’s public education system.”
Can Public Education Regain the Lost Confidence of Parents and Taxpayers?
Democrat Governor Kate Brown recently signed Oregon’s Senate Bill 744, ending graduation proficiency requirements. Sad but true. The Beaver State will allow students to graduate from high school that can’t read, write, or do the math – in line with national “dumbing down” movements.
GIP: PARENT ACTION ALERT! The “How To” Guide to Take Back 100% Control of Your Child’s Education!!! – MUST SEE!
The key to restoring America to our founding principles is to restore the focus of our children’s education to academics! It is that simple.
Schools Exist For the Education of Children – Not to Provide Iron-Clad Jobs for Teachers…
“Schools exist for the education of children. Schools do not exist to provide iron-clad jobs for teachers, billions of dollars in union dues for teachers unions, monopolies for educational bureaucracies, a guaranteed market for teachers college degrees or a captive audience for indoctrinators.”
Democrats Destroy Everything – Public Education Edition
Let me repeat that title to let it sink in that in many Democrat-controlled cities, the Government-monopoly schools suck. And you can’t just blame it on the students (reformatted, emphasis mine):
Local School Board Hijacks Hill, New Hampshire.
The town of Hill, New Hampshire, has a population of around 1100, and according to a reader – who is desperate for help – their School board has engaged in a fiscal lynching of the local residents.