Tag: SEL

Social and Emotional Learning Set to Dumb Down College

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

SEL is now infused throughout public education. SEL is found in math programs like Eureka2, which is used in many schools throughout New Hampshire. This means that less time will be spent learning math, and more time will be spent reshaping your child’s values, attitudes, and beliefs. The SEL model will now also be infused … Read more

Social Emotional Learning, Restorative Justice, and Rewarding Bad Behavior

June 6, 2024June 6, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Teachers across America are speaking up about the lack of controlled behavior in public schools. What changed? Why are teachers frustrated because behavior problems have become unbearable? Why are they leaving the profession in droves?

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Merrimack Should Reject School Budgets Until They Can Teach Kids to Read …

March 27, 2024

by Steve MacDonald

Usually, when you hire someone to do something, and they don’t or can’t do it, you do not then give them more responsibility or reward them with additional revenue. But let’s say you do, and they fail again and again. At what point do you stop rewarding failure?

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Can Deny Your Child a Career in the Military or Law Enforcement

March 24, 2024March 24, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Anytime a student is seen by a school social worker, school psychologist, or clinical mental health counselor, and services are billed to Medicare or Medicaid by the school, a medical diagnosis code is applied. The medical diagnosis code is referred to as a CPT code, which is a procedure code. This refers to the services being performed. An example would be counseling or therapy.

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SEL is Draining Tax Dollars from the Merrimack School Budget

March 23, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Social and Emotional Learning is the latest fad in public education. SEL is considered Tier 1 in a three-tiered mental health framework for students attending public schools. Money for this initiative came through a federal grant several years ago, but as those funds dried up guess who is left to fund these initiatives? The local taxpayers.

NH Civics is at it Again…Now They Want to Promote Group Therapy for Children in Public Schools

March 14, 2024March 14, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

With the desperate call to improve Civics Education for students in New Hampshire, you would think one of the most prominent Civics organizations would be at the forefront of making sure our students are literate in this important subject.

How The State Will Take Over Private and Religious Schools

March 5, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

Democrats have shown that they are willing to go to the first step required for the State to take over private and religious schools. New Hampshire’s HB1610 requires all students in private, religious, and even home-school families to take the STATE standardized test.

Deteriorating … Mental Health, Privacy, and Parental Consent in Public Schools

February 29, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

As schools begin the shift to providing mental health services, parents need to be aware of some big problems that have been uncovered. Personally identifiable mental health information on students has already been shared, but schools are still failing to acquire informed parental consent for their child’s mental health assessments and services.

Night Cap: What’s SO Bad About Social and Emotional Learning (and the SEL Proposed Legislation in NH)?

February 8, 2024

by Ann Marie Banfield

PART 1: Introduction
This week, there was a hearing before the House Education Committee to prohibit SEL in our public schools. The sponsor proposed an amendment at the hearing to change that to parental consent for children to participate in SEL.

NH’s Most Dangerous Bill This Year Comes from Republicans in the Senate

December 23, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

The CDC’s new model for public schools will be called community schools. In this model, public schools will offer mental health and medical services to students. This has already begun with the infusion of the Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS), which is SEL-Social and Emotional Learning.

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Parents in Every School District Are Losing Parental Consent Over Their Children

December 6, 2023

by Op-Ed

Parents in every School district are losing parental consent over their children. School Boards are revising changes to the EHAB and JLCF policies, which deal with DATA GOVERNANCE SECURITY and WELLNESS, respectively.

We Did Not Swap One for Another – We Have Fought for Our Freedom!

October 15, 2023

by Skip

There was a discussion about an outside agency coming in to “train” students of all grades in “Social and Emotional Learning” at a particular NH-based School District. What concerned folks was its progressive word-salad mission statement (shared below).

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This Extra Challenge to Public Schools Could Result in a Decline in Academic Outcomes

July 6, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Representatives: After reviewing the House Education Committee discussion on student mental health during a work session on June 28, 2023, I wanted to add some commentary.

Coming to a Public Library Near You: Marxist Summer Reading Programs!

June 16, 2023

by Op-Ed

The Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) sounds like a completely harmless organization. It may, in fact, be assisting your local public library with your children’s or grandchildren’s summer activities by offering information, guidance, and materials, but don’t be deceived.

Parents in NH Now Opting Out of SEL in Their Schools (Data Mining their Children’s Mental Health)

March 25, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

Now that we know that some New Hampshire schools are sharing mental health data on students with outside organizations like Keene State BHII, parents are beginning to remove their children from SEL. (Social and Emotional Learning) SEL is in Tier 1 of the Multi-Tiered System of Support.

SEL + ESG = Social Credit System In NH Schools: The Danger to Your Child

March 23, 2023March 17, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

Lisa Logan has connected the dots on the Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in our local schools, and how it relates to the Social Credit System. SEL is part of the Multi-Tiered System of Support that has now been implemented in schools across the state.

Mental Health Data on Children is Leaving Schools Without Parental Knowledge or Consent

February 24, 2023February 24, 2023

by Ann Marie Banfield

After a hearing to re-fund the Multi-Tiered System of Support so that schools in New Hampshire can continue assessing, and treating the mental health of students, I sent this email to Lisa White, Director of Instruction for the NH Department of Education.

By 2025 Teachers Must Swear Loyalty Oath to Progressive gods, Preach SEL, CRT, and Childhood Mutilation.

January 10, 2023

by Steve MacDonald

While several states have outlawed teaching divisive concepts like, you are a racist becasue you are white, and there’s nothing you can do about it, Minnesota is taking it the other way. Educators in any school (public, charter, or private) in Minnesota will be expected to preach cultural Marxism.

The Occult & New Age Origins of SEL **Social and Emotional Learning

December 30, 2022

by Ann Marie Banfield

Dear Executive Councilors,

I want to bring to your attention a new fad that is taking hold in New Hampshire Schools. I am referring to Social and Emotional Learning/ SEL. Please take time to watch this video on The Occult and New Age Origins of SEL.

More SEL Group Therapy in Schools: Training Kids to Keep Information Secret

October 24, 2024December 9, 2022

by Ann Marie Banfield

Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) is now a way for group therapy sessions to be held inside your child’s classroom. We already know that this is happening in Greenland, but what does this look like?