Apr 28, 2015
Surveys given to students have caused quite an uproar in New Hampshire. Children have been questioned about their sexuality, drug and alcohol use, their families and all kinds of personal information. HB206 attempted to put in some parental control when schools survey...
Apr 25, 2015
A LARGE number of parents came out to support HB206. This bill requires school districts to adopt a policy regarding student participation in non-academic surveys or questionnaires. HB206 had bi-partisan support among the sponsors, but Rep. Terry Wolf (R) representing...
Apr 7, 2015
[Saturday, September 6, 2014] FERPA Alert! An alert by ANITA HOGE PROTECTING STUDENT PRIVACY ACT OF 2014 Does Not Protect Your Child’s Privacy! This Bill Allows President Obama’s Executive Order to Share Data, to Become Law, Allowing Student Personally...
Apr 6, 2015
A parent once contacted the SCCNH blog because that parent was upset that it was revealed on this website an email that showed their child taking part in school curriculum, all of which is subject to public knowledge. The trouble here was, this curriculum was forcing...
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...
Feb 22, 2015
There has been a lot of nitpicking with the “government” lately about programs like Common Core, No Child Left Behind, and School to Work schemes. But perhaps if we look at the bigger picture, we will see that all these conversations are hardly necessary....