Governor Hassan: BAD for TEACHERS and Governor Jindal Proves It

We all know that teachers who oppose Common Core are SILENCED.  We also know that Governor Hassan has ignored the serious problems with the Common Core Standards. Governor Jindal just showed all of us how BAD Governor Hassan is for teachers in NH: Thank you, Governor...

The Final Straw: Cancel Our Labor Contracts, We Cancel Your Tests

OPT OUT OF THE STATE TEST: The National Movement posts: When the State Recovery Board cancelled Philadelphia’s teachers contract, it may have removed the last hurdle to a national opt out movement of standardized testing. Up to now, teachers have only sporadically...

How Governor Hassan and Common Core Sets Teachers Up For Failure

Teachers across the nation and in New Hampshire are being set up for failure.  How? The new Common Core initiative targets teachers as the cause for why schools are failing. Assuming that the problems lie with teachers (and we’d argue against that belief) one...

AFT puts Sect. Arne Duncan on an “Improvement Plan”

The AFT put Duncan on a “Secretary of Education Improvement Plan.” If he doesn’t improve, having been treated fairly, asking him to resign. Don’t miss the comments from the rank and file teachers at the bottom....

Hooksett, NH Teacher Speaks Out Against Common Core

My Letter to Bill Duncan and the NH Board of Education regarding Common Core here in NH. Good Morning Mr. Duncan! My name is Maryann Boucher and we met briefly at the Common Core State Standards Debate at St Anslem’s College last Monday evening. I was the...

Why Charter Schools Are NOT the Answer

This is interesting proof of what we have been saying — even the ‘charter’ schools use the wacky curriculum sold to them by consultants. Brian Polet, board president of Eagle Crest Charter Academy in Holland, Michigan has resigned. Here is his letter: Dear...