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Press Release: National Recognition of Education Options for Student and Parent Engagement

National School Choice Week names Education Options, aka EdOpt, an “All Star” for helping families better understand local learning options. Claremont–A non-profit organization based in Claremont is receiving national recognition for its commitment to helping parents in New Hampshire better understand the learning options available for their children.   Today, EdOpt was named an “All Star” participant in the … Read more

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Press Release: ACTA Classical Schools Foundation Names Holy Family Academy as its second “Model School”

Goal to expand Classical education opportunity continues ACTA Classical Schools Foundation, a private charitable organization established early this year to encourage new schools offering classical education, has designated Holy Family Academy, a private academy located in Manchester, New Hampshire, as its second “Model School.” The Foundation determined that Holy Family Academy demonstrates how private schools … Read more

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Competition and the Purpose of Educational Choice

On Thursday, decades’ worth of aged, decrepit talking points died in the New Hampshire House.  Opponents of parental choice in education say the purpose of creating such choice is to “defund,” “privatize,” or “destroy” public schools. Public money should stay entirely in public schools, they say.  This year, House Education Policy and Administration Chairman Glenn … Read more

Education Options Expo in Weare March 24!

EdOpt’s first school choice expo of 2025 will take place in Weare on March 24. Explore all your education options, including private schools, micro schools, charter schools, learning centers, home education groups, and more! Whether you’re a family wanting to meet a varied set of education providers, a provider who wants a table, or a state rep or … Read more

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Resolve the NH Education Crisis

Many people are giving up on public schools. Districts demand more and more money; student proficiency keeps dropping; and federal mandates keep stacking up, distracting students away from academics and towards social-emotional learning, behavior modification, and other federal agendas. Rather than fix the public schools, some prefer universal Education Freedom Accounts, really vouchers, without any … Read more

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Here We Go Again

Parents recently testified to the legislature that public schools are not “safe” or “suitable” for their children. That’s because the state has bribed public schools, using taxpayer dollars, to implement every education fad from restorative justice, which results in widespread discipline and bullying problems, to social emotional learning, which replaces academic instruction with behavior modification. … Read more

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Much Ado About EFAs and School Choice

Yesterday, there was a hearing in Concord to expand the EFA (School Choice) program. The EFA program allows families to use state tax money, and take that to an alternative school if needed. It opens up options for families who want an alternative education for their children. Here is a link to the proposed legislation. … Read more

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State-funded “School Choice”: A Power Grab

Some members of the legislature believe that public schools are no longer “fixable.” They want universal state-funded spending accounts to allow all students, rich or poor, to escape public schools. They call it “school choice,” but it’s really an insidious transfer of power to the state. Yes, public schools are a uniform mess, but the … Read more

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Satanic Statues, School Choice, and Holiday Greetings

This week on Manch Talk, we cover several topics, from satanic statutes at the State House to school choice and the City of Manchester’s billion-dollar proposal for a new school (no thanks!). We delve into the controversy of American holiday greetings and salutations and rip off a few Band-Aids!

EdOpt Expos were a success!

Education Options held our first two EdOpt Expos at the Richards Free Library in Newport in August. While there are many things for us to learn, we’re off to a good start. The best part was that all the attendees could point to something that they learned there. I know I was part of a … Read more

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The Public School Double Standard (Part 2)

Years ago, I wrote about how traditional public schools are to be judged by their ideals and intentions — their best possible outcomes — rather than by their actual performance; while the alternatives (e.g., charter schools, private schools, Extended Learning Opportunities, the Children’s Scholarship Fund, Learn Everywhere, and now EFAs and even home education) are … Read more

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