Mar 28, 2015
Aha, that’s what YOU think David Coleman, Rhodes Scholar, Yale Skull and Bonesman, and creep of the highest order. In case you forgot this is NOT Nazi Germany… There IS a force strong enough on this earth to prevent Common Core and it’s called...
Mar 28, 2015
From: Chip McGee Date: Friday, March 27, 2015 Subject: Superintendent Feedback Parents, Teachers, Students, and all other Community Members, I am writing to ask you to fill in a short feedback form on my work as the superintendent of the Bedford School District. In...
Mar 26, 2015
BRAVO to students defending their teacher for helping to inform parents in their community. Multiple Mascenic School District parents are up in arms about the prospect of statewide assessment testing happening at the district’s three schools this month and next, with...
Mar 26, 2015
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: MORE TEACHING, LESS TESTING PLEASE! It astonishes me how much standardized testing our children are being subjected to in schools today. We have the NECAPS, NWEA, NAEP, ACT, ACT ASPIRE, and now the Smarter Balanced Assessment Tests (SBAT). Do...
Mar 26, 2015
The opt out movement is catching fire in New Hampshire. More parents are refusing to let their children take the Smarter Balanced Assessment and for good reason. Here are just a couple of good reasons to “refuse”: The Smarter Balanced Common Core...
Mar 25, 2015
Don’t think this is not going on at your child’s school in NH. Because it is. Parents of Fulton Middle School students are outraged over a series of questions put to them by two physical education teachers, and the school superintendent is apologizing to...
Mar 23, 2015
IMPORTANT BILLS TOMORROW. PLEASE attend the hearings if you can. Come to the Legislative Office Building BEHIND the State House: HB 206 http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2015/HB0206.html AN ACT relative to non-academic surveys or questionnaires given to...
Mar 21, 2015
First you may want to read this article that boasts that Ted Cruz “can’t repeal Common Core”. You’ve heard it before… government double-speak. Here is the real reason why Ted Cruz, or anyone else, “can’t repeal Common...
Mar 19, 2015
Common Core Results in Behavior Change Without Protest: WHY IS the Smarter Balanced Assessment (computer adaptive) DANGEROUS? Why are the new PACE Assessments DANGEROUS? Why is Competency Based Ed (aka…Outcome Based Ed) DANGEROUS? Why is the State of NH under...
Mar 19, 2015
There are two organizations that will be working with NH teachers and will be developing the new PACE assessment program in New Hampshire. Here is some information on those organizations and the people behind them. Remember, the NH DoE is telling us that these are...
