(Hour 1a) Rich gave us a look at today’s busy show calendar. He talked to us about last night’s debate and told us that he received the Policy Manuals from Signature Digital Imaging. He asked his listeners for...
Read MoreRecently Manchester parents discovered that the PACE “Competency” based assessment program might be coming to their local school district to replace the Smarter Balanced Assessment in some grades. In 4th grade and...
Read MoreAre your children being used again as guinea pigs in another education reform? It sure looks like it. After the overwhelming evidence that No Child Left Behind was a failure, the U.S. Senate and U.S. House just approved...
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(Hour 1b) Are parents and officials abdicating responsibility? Also, are meetings being...
Read MoreSeveral major companies and foundations have, so far, contributed one hundred sixty four thousand dollars to Manchester’s FIRST® Junior STEAM Ahead program. The Argosy Foundation, Autodesk, Norwin S. and Elizabeth N. Bean...
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We publish this letter from Cornerstone Education Liaison Ann Marie Banfield to NH DOE Commissioner Virginia Barry and Chief of Staff Heather Gage on claims made during legislative testimony on HB 603.
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(Hour 1b) We weren’t happy to hear the news that the towns of Alton and Londonderry have...
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(Hour 3b, c) (Hour 3b) Mayor Ted Gatsas sang the praises of “anyone who puts their name on a...
Read More(Hour 1a) Rich took responsibility for the rain that fell on Saturday. It always happens after he washes his car. Who will be taking responsibility for the development of the Manchester Academic Standards? We all know now that...
Read More(Hour 1a) The verdict is in on Manchester’s request for a waiver on the Smarter Balances Assessment tests from the NH Department of Education. The answer was a resounding no. Things are likely to get interesting at City...
Read MoreTonight I attended and listened to a presentation by two State Reps. from Hollis-Brookline on Common Core. Both Rep. Carolyn Gargasz and Melanie Levesque voted against HB 1508 which would have terminated Common Core in New...
Read More04-09-2014 News Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas is recovering comfortably after open heart surgery yesterday. Gatsas had bypass surgery. The Mayor’s Office issued a statement on behalf of the family from Gatsas’...
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