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Finally, a Budget!
From NH School Funding Fairness Project’s 9/30/19 Newsletter: Finally, the Legislature and Governor have reached a budget deal, and there’s a lot to like! Basically, for…
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A Changing Role for ANHPE
Regular readers will have noticed fewer posts than usual to anhpe.org. Though in recent years we have actively opposed privatization – statewide school vouchers (SB…
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Zip Codes Can Dramatically Limit Future for NH Students
Garry Rayno’s column today in InDepthNH and other papers makes the key point about the impact of insufficient state funding for public education in New Hampshire…
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Update On Budget; Important Public Hearing This Thursday!
As you know, Governor Sununu vetoed the legislature’s budget, and the State is now operating under a “continuing resolution,” meaning that last year’s budget remains in effect. …
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Budget Hearing 8/29: Speak Up for Students, Property Taxpayers and Local Businesses!
Public Hearing: The Effect of the Budget Impasse on Education House and Senate Ad Hoc Budget Committee Thursday, August 29, 10 a.m. (hold a sign…
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A big hurdle remains for Learn Everywhere
The following op-ed by Bill Duncan was published in the Concord Monitor on July 24, 2019. We are at an interesting juncture in the debate…
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NH School Funding Fairness Project Newsletter 7/22/19
As Summer Sizzles, Let’s Turn Up the Heat on the Budget! What’s been happening at the State House There’s still no news on a budget…
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An eloquent reminder of good things happening in our public schools
Sometimes it feels as if public education is under siege. Lately the education news has been mostly about reductions in school funding and the Education…
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Governor’s Budget Veto Hurts Students and Property Taxpayers
The following was published in the Concord Monitor as a “My Turn” piece on July 10, 2019. In the wake of the Governor’s veto of…
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As budget talks continue, keep up the pressure for fair school funding!
NH School Funding Fairness Project Newsletter, July 7, 2019 Now that budget negotiations are taking place behind closed doors, there’s no real news to report. However,…
Hassan Early College Academy proposal resurfaces as Governor Sununu’s key education initiative, with a key change
Governor Sununu’s “New Hampshire Career Academy” has become his most visible State of the State proposal. Coverage includes this on WMUR, this AP report on the NHPR website and in many other state papers, Sunday’s front page piece in the Union Leader and surely more to come. New Hampshire high school students would get community college credits and a leg up on a job while still in high school – and even get an associates degree by continuing with the program for a fifth year. Here is the department of education’s summary. Here is Governor Hassan’s 2015 STEM Task Force recommendation (p. 28). (more…)
VLACS, NH’s online charter school, is growing by leaps and bounds – NHPR
Click for the informative NHPR graphic showing key VLACS numbers
Over the past 6 years, the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS) has become an important institution in New Hampshire public education. Offering online courses that any New Hampshire student can take at no cost, VLACS dramatically expands the options available to New Hampshire students.
NHPR has just done a thorough two-part review of how VLACS works day-to-day for both students and teachers. (more…)
North Country Charter graduate Joseph Wallace: “Most people did not think I would be here today.”
Joseph Wallace giving his NCCA graduation address
This is the final post in our series on the speeches given by last Sunday’s NCCA graduates. Joseph Wallace spoke eloquently of overcoming bipolar disease and avoiding a life on welfare: (more…)
Graduating senior Ashley Prince-Miles: “The North Country Charter Academy is a great alternative school for people who need a second chance.”
Ashley Prince-Miles giving her NCCA graduation address
Ashley Prince-Miles gave this graduation speech, the fourth in our series of posts from the North Country Charter Academy graduation Sunday. (more…)
North Country Charter graduate Lorriane Morales: “NCCA provided an alternative. I’ll be graduating a year early.”
Lorraine Morales giving her NCCA graduation speach
This is the third in a series of posts from the North Country Charter Academy graduation Sunday. Here is Lorraine Morales’ powerful statement about her young life in a tailspin until she found NCCA: (more…)
Sherri Kilgour, North Country Charter Academy mom: “I began seeing a difference in her. She had confidence and would talk about ‘when she graduates.'”
Sherri Kilgour speaking at her daughter Tiana’s graduation from NCCA
This is the second in a series of posts on the inspiring speeches students and a parent gave at the North Country Charter Academy graduation Sunday.
This is mom Sherri Kilgour: (more…)
North Country Charter graduate Sonseehray Flores: “Thank you for helping me find within me the courage to continue”
Sonseehray Flores delivering her NCCA graduation address
The North Country Charter Academy held its 2014 graduation ceremony for some 35 vibrant students last Sunday at the Mt. Washington Hotel. In place of a valedictorian, NCCA featured a parent and five students telling their stories. The next several posts will be those speeches, written entirely by the speakers. (more…)
Charter schools vs. the school choice movement: who speaks for charter schools in New Hampshire?
Charter, voucher and anti-Common Core advocates (mostly the same people) teamed up to mobilize charter school parents and others in opposition to my nomination to the State Board of Education. I’ve now been confirmed but the debate itself highlighted again the difference between the charter schools and the school choice movement.
The HB 435 highlighted the tipping point in New Hampshire charter policy
Dave Solomon, from his new “Granite Status” chair replacing John DiStaso, wrote recently that charter schools
“…are enormously popular in the 16 communities where they exist….But charter school advocates are not feeling the love.”
He was referring to the fact that Rep. Ken Weyler (R-Kensington) and other charter advocates are angry the HB 435 failed. The bill would have increased charter tuition aid by indexing it to the average cost of education in New Hampshire. (more…)
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