Posted by Rich Girard | May 19, 2014 | 2014 Election News, 2014 State Election News, News, On Air Stories |
05-19-2014 News Manchester’s teachers will begin voting on a tentative agreement reached with Mayor Ted Gatsas tomorrow. Officials have been tight lipped about the pact pending the vote’s outcome, but Girard at...
Read MorePosted by Ann Marie Banfield | May 10, 2014 | Oh My BLOG! |
In 2010 four “appointed” members of the NH State Board of Education voted to adopt national standards in Math and English. Since then, resistance has been growing across the country as parents and teachers begin to see the...
Read MorePosted by Dave Martinez | Mar 20, 2014 | Is Our Children Learning, Radio, Show Archives |
(Hour 3b, c) We don’t call Sid Glassner a “Senior Fellow” for nothing. He has over 55 years of experience in education. Glassner invited us to an Education Forum coming he’ll be attending alongside Dr....
Read MorePosted by Rich Girard | Mar 20, 2014 | News, On Air Stories |
03-20-2014 News The New Hampshire House of Representatives was in session yesterday and you know what that means. Here’s some of what they did, didn’t or tried to do us. House Bill fourteen eleven, which would...
Read MorePosted by Rich Girard | Mar 11, 2014 | 2014 Election News, 2014 Local Election News, News, On Air Stories |
03-11-2014 News It’s Election Day in towns throughout the region as a number of hotly contested races and controversial ballot questions, they’re called warrant articles, finally get their day before the voters. In...
Read MorePosted by Rich Girard | Feb 11, 2014 | News, On Air Stories |
02-11-2014 News Valentine’s Day is 3 days away. Have you pre-ordered your gifts from Jacques? Get it done so V-Day can simply be fun! Well, it was an interesting meeting of the Manchester Board of School Committee last...
Read MorePosted by Rich Girard | Feb 9, 2014 | Oh My BLOG! |
I have been a proud member of NH-NEA and NEA since I first began teaching. I am strongly pro-union and strongly pro-NEA. When an article about my classroom was featured on the front page of NH-NEA’s “Educator”...
Read MorePosted by Dave Martinez | Jan 13, 2014 | Radio, Show Archives |
(Hour 1c, Hour 2a) The battle over Common Core in NH and around America continues. Teachers in some states are being threatened with termination if they voice opposition to Common Core. That can’t happen in NH, but are...
Read MorePosted by Rich Girard | Dec 3, 2013 | On Air Stories |
12-03-2013 News The Massachusetts Board of Education has voted to halt implementation of the Common Core State Standards. Seems they want to actually study and compare the PARCC assessment test they chose to adopt to align with...
Read MorePosted by Rich Girard | Nov 29, 2013 | News, On Air Stories |
11-29-2013 News Dr. Sandra Stotsky and Dr. James Milgram, the two content experts who refused to validate Common Core’s English and math standards despite being hired for that purpose, will participate a live Webinar...
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