Apr 22, 2014
The NH Legislature had no clue that they were opening Pandora’s box when they passed Senate Bill 48, last year. It barely mentioned “Competencies” or “Competency-based” instruction: V. Competency-based strategies provide flexibility in...
Apr 22, 2014
When you look back at New Math (ca. 1965) and Reform Math (ca. 1990), one of the most striking and persistent features was that parents could not understand the homework their children brought home. Mystified parents were trying to advise mystified children. The...
Apr 22, 2014
Rich tackles the question of what’s appropriate and not in our public schools. Girard at Large
Apr 20, 2014
CCSS Part 1 Hollis Brookline Community Forum
Apr 19, 2014
Did YOUR School Board vote on this? NH School Districts are implementing Next Generation Science Standards which correspond to Common Core English Language Arts and Math State Standards. SAU 14 EPPING SAU 21 HAMPTON — This is Senate Education Chair Nancy Stiles’...
Apr 18, 2014
Common Core is on the ropes. More and more states are pulling back from the national standards as the 2014–15 school year implementation deadline looms near. In Louisiana, Governor Bobby Jindal (R)—formerly a Common Core supporter—is now encouraging the legislature to...
Apr 18, 2014
Biased lesson plans are not the only problem with today’s educational curriculum, but it is one of the most harmful. Children are learning that national sovereignty is less desirable than international central government, the constitution is outdated and no...
Apr 18, 2014
When it comes to controversy in the public schools, Bedford’s school district is the poster child. Now there is increasing evidence that Bedford has had a very bad record of notifying parents about things such as the controversial sex survey recently in the...
Apr 17, 2014
We came across this website: TheCommonCore.com It is a pretty slick propaganda campaign backed by corporate interests who are promoting and funding Common Core, the attempt to nationalize education in the US. Let us bust some of their “myth” busters…...
Apr 17, 2014
The NH House Education sub-committee recommended killing this legislation to prohibit the dispositional questioning on New Hamsphire’s statewide assessments. They voted (3-1) to ITL SB 343 on April 17, 2014. These same legislators opposed dispositional questions...
