Mar 29, 2015
If you want to know more about this P20 Longitudinal Database that tracks 400 data points on our students, you might want to send this letter. Dear School Board Members, As a parent and taxpayer, I would like for you to provide me with a copy of the list of ALL of the...
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...
