Leveling: More Dumbing Down

The Curriculum and Instruction Committee of Manchester School Board met UNOFFICIALLY last week with school administrators to discuss the elimination of LEVELING in middle and high school grades. Without a vote of the committee or the full Board, a pilot study will...

Timberlane Parent Talks

Girard at Large has the story of the Timberlane Schools and their refusal to comply with NH’s Right to Know Laws. Girard at Large Looks like this is over another survey ( Monitoring the Future ) that hopes to influence the students’ political...

From Cradle to Grave, NH Wants Control of YOUR Children

All legislators [and of course the PUBLIC] are invited to a luncheon entitled “Children: the Bedrock of the Granite State,” sponsored by Spark NH, the Governor-appointed Early Childhood Advisory Council for the State of New Hampshire to be held on Wednesday, April...

Bedford Parent Fights School Board

To the Editor, I was impressed with the turnout of nearly a dozen parents at the recent April 21 school board meeting. All who spoke voiced serious opposition to the invasive, sexually explicit surveys given to children without notification or consent. Many parents...

Parental Opposition Fells InBloom Education-Software Firm

Privacy Concerns Over Use of Student Data Lead Company to Close A nonprofit educational-software company that manages and stores data about public-school students said Monday it was shutting down over concerns about student privacy. InBloom Inc., which was financed...