Oct 12, 2014
Last week a few parents attended a candidates forum in Canterbury, NH. We’d like to take this time to report on what some of the candidates in District 7 said about their opinions on Common Core. Currently Senator Hosmer serves District 7 with Kathy Rago...
Oct 12, 2014
Insider to the testing industry, Todd Farley, writes about how the testing companies control the numbers to get the results they want. “And we know, from my book, that the testing companies fudge numbers all the time, whether reliability numbers (to show the...
Oct 11, 2014
Please read Wayne Bishop’s reaction to Elizabeth Green’s article–in particular the information about Japanese methods of teaching Why Do Americans Stink at Math? Some of the Answer. From: Wayne Bishop PhD Mathematics, California State University LA...
Oct 11, 2014
Swift is a public /private program. It is part of Obama’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative .” President Obama announced an additional $100 million in funding for his racial justice initiative “My Brother’s Keeper,” a public-private...
Oct 11, 2014
OPT OUT OF THE STATE TEST: The National Movement posts: When the State Recovery Board cancelled Philadelphia’s teachers contract, it may have removed the last hurdle to a national opt out movement of standardized testing. Up to now, teachers have only sporadically...
Oct 8, 2014
Cross posting from: Stop Common Core in NH We couldn’t help but notice the recent commercial by Rep. Annie Kuster who is attacking her opponent Marilinda Garcia. Kuster criticizes Garcia for opposing the U.S. Department of Education. The US DOE has a budget of...
Oct 7, 2014
Many of us who are fighting Common Core in NH are mothers and teachers. What we’ve noticed in this latest election is the deliberate exemption on the issue of public education. The dominant issue from candidates like Jeanne Shaheen, Maggie Hassan, Carol Shea...
Oct 7, 2014
GREENVILLE, North Carolina — Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) has a harsh message for former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and any other potential 2016 GOP presidential candidates: Support Common Core? You won’t win the presidential primary. “I don’t see Common Core being—if you’re for...
Oct 4, 2014
Pittsfield Listens, an offshoot of the private public relations group NH Listens, plans to ‘facilitate’ your ideas on student centered learning. It is very important to let your friends, family and contacts know about this so they can go and chime in....
Sep 29, 2014
IMPORTANT FOR RESIDENTS IN: Allenstown, Auburn, Barrington, Bedford, Bow, Candia, Chichester, Deerfield, Epsom, Goffstown, Hooksett, Lee, Londonderry, Loudon, Northwood, Nottingham, Pembroke, and Pittsfield, and the city of Manchester Executive Councilor: Chris Pappas...
