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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
Fremont implements ‘Follow the Child’
January 2, 2009 Seacoast Online FREMONT — The School Board and administration have begun the task of sorting out its strategic planning goals, as recommended by NESDEC (the New England School Development Council). The board met Dec. 16 in a work session to go over the...
New Hampshire Educational System Heads for Troubled Waters
N.H. plays key role in education overhaul report: 'significant and meaningful' proposals lauded by ed commissioner. Commissioner Lyonel B. Tracy says the ‘Tough Choices or Tough Times’ report ‘could very well be a prelude to rewriting the No Child Left Behind Act in...
Two Dems accused of NH’s budget woes
December 29, 2008 Seacoast Online How fierce will the political fight be over the state budget crisis? House Speaker Terie Norelli, D-Portsmouth, barely had announced her choices last week to chair the 22 House committees for the upcoming legislative session before a...
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....