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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,…
NH House votes continued support for common core education standards | New Hampshire Politics
Union Leader coverage of yesterday’s Common Core votes:
NH House votes continued support for common core education standards
CONCORD – The New Hampshire House of Representatives Wednesday killed or set aside for study a series of bills aimed at delaying or terminating the state’s participation in the controversial college and career readiness standards program known common core.
The action on five common core-related bills by the House brought to an end, at least for this session of the Legislature, the continuing emotional debate over the issue.
The House rejected, 201-138, House Bill 1508, which would have terminated state participation in common core. Sixteen Republicans joined 185 Democrats in the majority, while three Democrats joined 135 Republicans on the losing side, in favor of ending the program.
The House Education Committee had recommended that the bill be killed on a vote of 13-6, but Republican common core opponents tried, unsuccessfully, to portray the program as federal government intrusion in local education decisions.
read the rest at NH House votes continued support for common core education standards | New Hampshire Politics.
Common Core Stays Put in N.H. | Valley News
Valley News coverage of yesterday’s Common Core votes:
House Votes Down Bills To Change Standards
By Kathleen Ronayne
Concord Monitor
Thursday, March 27, 2014Concord — Five bills aimed at scaling back portions of the Common Core education standards or the new tests associated with them failed to gain support in the House Wednesday.
“Termination for all this effort and activity would be nothing less than chaotic for our students, teachers and others,” said Rep. Mary Stuart Gile, D-Concord, chairwoman of the House Education Committee.
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read the rest at Common Core Stays Put in N.H. | Valley News.
There is a large gap between legitimate skeptical inquiry and ideological defiance - Rep. Mel Myler on the floor of the NH House
Here are the comments of Rep. Mel Myler (D-Contoocook) speaking in support of the committee recommendation, Inexpedient to Legislate, on HB 1508, the one sentence bill that would have ended the Common Core in New Hampshire. The vote was 201-138, including 17 Republicans, in favor of killing the bill. Mel had to have been directly responsible for some of those votes.
House stands behind new education standards, votes down five attempts to cancel or delay Common Core - Landrigan, Nashua Telegraph
Landrigan captured this essence of the debate in his Nashua Telegraph piece about the Common Core votes yesterday (more…)
New Hampshire reaffirms its commitment to the Common Core and the Smarter Balanced assessment
Yesterday and today, in six separate roll call votes, the New Hampshire House refused to pass a single anti-Common Core bill on to the Senate. All those bills were voted either Inexpedient to Legislate or Interim Study. (more…)
Four remaining Common Core and annual assessment bills coming from the Education Committee today
The HB 1397 study committee proposal was defeated on Tuesday, 228-77. Here are the remaining four bills about the Common Core and the Smarter Balanced assessment in the order in which the House will take them up today.
HB1239 -FN-L (testimony here) This is a “sand in the gears” bill to bring adoption of education standards to a halt. It would be hard to ever adopt a new standard again. No law or regulation has to endure this level of process. Among other things, the bill requires the department to hold hearings in each executive council district. Committee recommendation: ITL, 13-6
Sponsors: Cordelli, Boehm, Hoell, Harris, Murotake, Reagan, Cataldo, Marston
HB1432 (testimony here) was amended out of existence in the education committee but is still listed here in case it comes back as a floor amendment. If HB 1432 were to pass, New Hampshire would be in violation of federal law. The State would risk going back to AYP and losing $116 million in federal funding. It was never clear what the bill actually said, but my best guess is here. The main problems with the bill are listed here. Committee recommendation: Interim Study on amended version.
Sponsors: Murotake, Boehm, Cordelli, Kelley, Sanborn
HB 1432 committee amendment is a hastily written amendment that, unlike the original bill, would allow NHDOE to administer the Smarter Balanced assessment for one year but would require legislative action by the new Legislature next year to continue Smarter Balanced, making the annual assessment a political decision. Here are the details. Committee recommendation: Interim Study, 8-7
Sponsors: Murotake, Ladd
HB 1496 would prevent the Smarter Balanced Assessment from being used. The bill is a collection of blog quotes about what’s wrong with the Smarter Balanced assessment and never became a serious contender for OTP. Committee recommendation: Interim Study, 15-3
Sponsor is Hoell
HB 1508-FN (testimony here) is a one sentence bill that seeks to “terminate all plans, programs, activities, and expenditures relative to the implementation of the common core….any assessments and instruction based upon such standards.” This bill would shut down real teaching in New Hampshire public schools, which have been implementing the Common Core for 4 years, and have no alternative education standard or assessment. Committee recommendation: ITL, 13-6
Sponsors: Peterson, Baldasaro, Tucker, Bick, Harris, Murotake, Cormier, LeBrun, Notter, Infantine.
House Education Committee testimony by Milgram and Stotsky has no news for New Hampshire
Summary
Drs. Milgram and Stotsky have made a career of traveling the country opposing the Common Core on the basis that all the other participants are engaged in a conspiracy and that only Milgram and Stotsky know how to teach math and English.
They both submitted testimony to the New Hampshire House Education Committee making those very points. Here is James Milgram testimony to NH House Education Committee and here is Stotsky’s. (more…)
NEA-NH president Scott McGilvary: No need to delay new school tests in New Hampshire - Concord Monitor
Political opponents of the Common Core frequently misquote the teachers’ unions’ position on the Common Core and the test. Here, in today’s Concord Monitor, National Education Association - New Hampshire president Scott McGilvray leaves no room for misunderstanding: (more…)
Kimberly Kelliher, social studies teacher and curriculum leader at Prospect Mountain High School in Alton, testifies based on her first hand Common Core experience
Kim Kelliher’s school, Prospect Mountain High School, is jointly managed as SAU#301 by Alton and Barnstead. Each town has its own K-8 elementary/middle school. (more…)
Sanborn Regional Superintendent, Dr. Brian Blake: Common Core cost is low, rigor is high, technology is no problem. ITL the bad bills
Sanborn is years down the road implementing the Common Core. Dr. Blake says they have not seen any increase in costs as a result of implementing the Common Core and talks about looking forward to the rigor of the assessment:
Dear Members of NH House Education Committee,
RE: Testimony in support of the Common Core and related issues.
I am writing this email to share my thoughts in support of the Common Core and issues related to it. As the Superintendent of Schools for the Sanborn Regional School District, I fully support the implementation of the Common Core and improved assessment practices.
Advancing New Hampshire Public Education 