Teachers in SAU21 will be forced to sit through a political training session in September. Seacoast Outright will be conducting the training, which everyone is being told, is not being done by a political organization. It’s almost comical at this point that anyone believes that Seacoast Outright is not a political organization.
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Groomers Part 2: Power Structures
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.” -Voltaire In part 1 of this series, we looked at the common method groomers use to ensnare their victims from identifying and personalizing to love bombing and ultimately enslaving. We discussed the main organizations and individuals who use them … Read more
Knowledgeworks: Another Dumbed Down Framework for our Public Schools
KnowledgeWorks provides states with a framework for personalized learning. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Until you peel back the layers.
Dumbing Down Your Child Through Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Teachers have always been the emotional support for children in school, and they provide the opportunity to learn social skills too. So what’s changed? Why are schools so focused on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)?
‘Portrait of a Graduate’ Used to Push Critical Race Theory Through Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Parents need to know that Portrait of a Graduate is a national program created by an Ohio-based company called Battelle for Kids. Portrait of a Graduate is being used to fundamentally transform the purpose of US education.
Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) Will Include Critical Race Theory
The Center for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) is now using Critical Race Theory. Not only will CRT be coming through Social and Emotional Learning (SEL), it will be coming through the PBIS too. This was a way of data-mining mental health , but now they will be data-mining your child’s attitudes, values and beliefs as they relate to race. You might want to make sure you check to see all the data they are mining on your children and where it’s going.
The Dark Side of Social and Emotional Learning: What Parents Need to Know
Nancy Bailey wrote an article about the dark side of Social and Emotional Learning. I would suggest that everyone carefully read this article to understand that SEL is much more than just emotional support provided to your child in class.
Nashua Student with Anxiety Tossed Out of School for Not Wearing a Mask
Schools across the state of New Hampshire have children attending school with and without masks on their face. In many private schools, parents decide if their child needs to wear a mask to school. Some public school boards also voted to uphold the rights of parents to make this decision.
Send Club for Growth BACK to Washington D.C.
Club For Growth will be hosting an event in Concord on Tue, August 31, 2021. My advice– SKIP IT. Tell them to go back to Washington D.C. and start advocating for the repeal of the Every Student Succeeds Act. (ESSA) That would actually be helpful to parents. This is a 1061 page federal education law that needs to be repealed.
WARNING From a Teacher to PARENTS about SEL/Second Step
Resignation Letter from Mr. Sam Crowley Beloved Music Teacher at Draper Park Middle School for being required to teach the Social Emotional Learning program “Second Step” (shared with permission). Also check out this video on SEL.
What are they advocating for? ILLITERACY. Make no mistake about it. Your child doesn’t need a teacher anymore, they can look up the academic content on the internet. They go to school so that THEY can mold your child’s attitudes, values and beliefs.
Get the Curriculum! If Hampton is Teaching CRT They are Violating Their Own (and NH’s) Anti-Bullying Laws
We broke the seal on the Hampton school district the other day with a story about Superintendent Lois Costa, sorry, Dr. Lois Costa (probably the same way Jill Biden is Dr. Jill Biden). She had a link to some equity garbage on her district web page.
Leave It to a Teacher to Expose What Is Going on in the Schools
As a parental rights advocate in New Hampshire, I hear from parents around the state concerned about the state of public education. I also have teachers who contact me, exposing some of what is happening in their local school.
Now That the School District Has Labeled Your Child as an Evil Racist, How Will That Be Used against Him/Her?
In my last article on Critical Race Theory (CRT), I described an agenda put forward by CRT apologists to label your child as a racist and oppressor. It doesn’t stop there.
Right To Know Request – Psychological Evaluations on Students
Dear Dr. Ryan,
After reading through my Right-to-Know request and looking at the information provided, I wanted to finally follow up with an e-mail.
Superintendent David Ryan refuses to answer questions about Social Emotion Learning / DESSA software
So, Grokster Ann Marie put in a lengthy RSA 91-A Right to Know demand to SAU 16’s Superintendent, David Ryan concerning the use of Social Emotional Learning and/or social media spying software. Here are the non-response responses (thus far) -Skip:
Who has your child’s data in school?
After reading through an opinion piece written by William R. Harbron Ed.D, superintendent of the Dover School District in Dover: Education in Dover: What is social and emotional learning and why you should care, I noticed he left many important issues out of this new federal education policy that parents need to be aware of. Should government schools … Read more
The Danger Lurking Inside Your Child’s New Hampshire Classroom
Are your kids in danger by just attending school in New Hampshire? Schools across New Hampshire have begun implementing Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). According to the Rand Corporation:
If this is happening in Merrimack schools without Parental Notification, it’s probably happening in your’s.
“New Hampshire schools have redirected the purpose of school, and the primary focus is not on academics.”
Marge Chiafery, Superintendent of Schools;
I appreciate your response that you have provided and appreciate the open dialogue about data collection and social, emotional, and behavioral programming (SEL) in the state of New Hampshire. After reading the regulations for FERPA, it appears that personally identifiable information (PII) collected at the local school district level in the state of New Hampshire (i4See Data Collection system) can be shared without parents knowing about it. Knowing that social, emotional and behavioral programming is being initiated in the state, I believe the sheer magnitude of sharing sensitive, personal, and private data brings the legal issues of privacy, safety, and security to the front of my concerns. I’m sure you would agree.
Although it appears that schools and the New Hampshire Department of Education tell parents and communities that the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), 20 U.S.C. §1232g, is a Federal Privacy law designed to protect the privacy of students’ educational records. Regrettably, regulations were changed without Congressional authority where data mining of our children is permitted for research and development without the knowledge and consent of the parents. I believe it is important that parents are informed about this loophole in the regulations. Protecting children and families should be of utmost importance particularly if children are being used as research subjects. When you stated in your letter, “We have been, and will continue to be methodical in our research and in the application of research into practice….” your comment sheds light on exactly what is happening in our classrooms…methodical research into practice. Professional ethical protocols require informed consent when researching, assessing and treating subjects.