Common Core Not Required Per NH House

Under bill approved by House, school districts not required to adopt Common Core By GARRY RAYNO State House Bureau CONCORD — Local school districts do not have to adopt Common Core education standards under a bill the House approved Wednesday. House Bill 276 would...

VOTE to STOP COMMON CORE: Seabrook

Tuesday March 10th  VOTE 7am to 7pm Seabrook Recreation Department 311 Lafayette Rd, Seabrook, New Hampshire 03874 The Winnacunnet High School ballot (the yellow one) has a measure signed by 44 of your neighbors asking to have all of our area schools pull out of...

Governor Hassan: MISSING IN ACTION?

Where is Gov. Hassan? Missing in action while in Mass., their Governor actually reaches out to listen… POSTED ON TWITTER: Charlie Baker ‏@MassGovernor : I have directed Chairman Sagan & the BESE to initiate public hearings for feedback on PARCC, Common Core...

NEA-NH: A Voice For Teachers ?

Teachers in NH, are you being well served by your union representation? IF not, please make sure you are letting them know where you stand on Common Core and the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Last year we had an opportunity to withdraw from Common Core and all of the...

Local School Board Races Demand Your Attention

ARE LOCAL BOARDS OUT OF CONTROL? MORE REASON TO GET INVOLVED You may have heard about the incident at a Gilford School Board meeting where a parent, William Baer, was arrested for speaking out about questionable material his daughter had been required to read. He was...

Demand Passage of SB 101

The NH Senate Education Committee just voted to ITL (kill) SB 101, a bill prohibiting the state from requiring the implementation of common core standards. It’s time to contact your NH State Senator and demand that the Senate PASS SB 101 to openly acknowledge...