The good news is, Manchester is looking to provide a math program for their students. The bad news is, the programs chosen align with the failed Common Core standards that have been plaguing schools for almost a decade now. The...
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Now that serious, undisclosed conflicts between Manchester Proud and Reaching Higher NH have been...
Read MoreMr. Mayor and members of the Manchester Board of Education: I would like to thank you for the courtesy to speak before the board at the request of some Manchester residents on May 4th, 2015. I am following up with information...
Read More(Hour 3b, c) (Hour 3b) What we’re witnessing in our own backyard with the implementation of Common Core is a repeat of what has already occurred in communities all across the nation. Victoria Sullivan called in to comment...
Read MoreBy Ann Marie Banfield Governor Hassan is running a political commercial praising herself on the issue of education. Sadly she’s misleading the public. Governor Hassan has walked lockstep behind the Obama Administration as they...
Read MoreManchester Ward 3 Alderman Patrick Long is looking to convene a committee to investigate deteriorating multi unit dwellings in the city. During discussion of a report on housing presented by the Granite State Organizing Project...
Read More07-16-2014 News Assistant Manchester Superintendent of Schools David Ryan might have some explaining to do. At Monday’s meeting of the Board of School Committee, Ryan said that nationally renowned English Language Arts...
Read More(Hour 1a, b) The Manchester School Board just never ceases to amaze us. Why the big rush to “move forward” on Common Core? Why haven’t we seen more meaningful contact from school administrators with standards...
Read More07-15-2014 News Last night’s meeting of the Manchester School Board showed exactly why people in general are discontented and angry with their government at just about every level. When Ward Nine School Committeeman Art...
Read MoreThe district spent tens of thousands of dollars and students lost over two thousand classroom hours of instruction, while teachers worked behind closed doors on the Manchester Academic Standards. Unfortunately, there was no...
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