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“Our taxes don’t go to public schools, our money doesn’t pay for the roads here; we do not truly consider ourselves Grafton County-ites. When people ask where you go to school, you say Dartmouth. You never say you’re from Hanover, but some far-off place you call “home.” And by voting for one of our carpet-bagging compatriots, we’ve done Grafton a great disservice.” ~ Zachary Gottlieb, Dartmouth College Newspaper on the election of a non-resident to the office of Grafton County Treasurer
Politically Biased Education is National Tragedy
Fox News - Student Says School Persecuted Him for Being Conservative A former student at the Rhode Island College School of Social Work is suing the school and several of his professors for discrimination, saying he was persecuted by the school's "liberal political...
Consortium of reformers to change NH high schools
December 15, 2008 EdWeek The education commissioners of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Rhode Island today launched a joint effort to remake the high school experience in their states. News conferences were scheduled in three of the four states today to detail the...
NH will not escape ‘reformers’
December 15, 2008 Seacoast Online AUGUSTA, Maine — Maine is joining three other New England states in a partnership that hopes to boost graduation and decrease dropout rates, while putting more emphasis on learning experiences outside the traditional classroom, Gov....
Baccalaureate Program is not good value for schools
December 13, 2008 by Anne Marie Banfield Families and companies all around the country are cutting expenses in these tough economic times. Surprisingly, many state governments are doing the same. I guess they figured out that spending like there's no tomorrow gets us...
Hudson pushes ahead with kindergarten suit
December 9, 2008 Nashua Telegraph HUDSON – Instead of meeting its Dec. 1 deadline by submitting a plan to implement kindergarten by fall, the Hudson School District sent a letter to the state Department of Education reminding it the district is suing instead....
The “Nazification” of our educational system?
December 8, 2008 [from April 2008] Education Week Forum Seeks A New Vision for U.S. Role Report Calls for Moving Away From K-12 Tests and Sanctions Congress and the next president need to offer a new vision for the federal role in K-12 education, creating a sustained...