Tag: For Legislators
Concord school board member: Vouchers would undermine school districts
Concord School Board member Maureen Redmond-Scura wrote an open letter to Governor Sununu in the Concord Monitor on SB 193, the universal voucher bill...
Pre-engineering classes and school-business partnerships take off in NH as part of STEM initiative
Parenting NH featured a piece on school-business partnerships in New Hampshire and the growing influence of STEM (and STEAM) in our schools. For almost 20...
Nashua middle schoolers build robots, holograms, and more as a part of pre-engineering program
Nashua is full of hackers, coders, and structural engineers. They're working with 3D printers, developing sensors for robots, and developing new apps. But they're...
Rep Porter: ‘School choice’ bills turn taxpayer dollars into private funds
Representative Marjorie Porter submitted this piece to Concord Monitor regarding SB 193, which creates education savings accounts for New Hampshire students:
I’ve been serving in...
Letter: Schools are the lifeblood of any community
Hampton resident Juli Snaer wrote this letter to the editor of Seacoast Online:
To the Editor:
In just about every community, voters largely impact the school system....
Pittsfield resident: Time for school lawsuit
Pittsfield resident Christopher Cheney submitted this letter to the Concord Monitor, regarding concerns over education funding:
Ready for another court fight over public education funding?
The...
Webinar Recording: NH Public Education Funding A-Z
Education is one of the largest line items in the New Hampshire state budget. It's often a large line item in local town budgets...
Weekly Legislative Update: Senate passes bills that could substantially impact public education in New...
The Senate was busy last week, voting on almost ten education-related bills. The chamber passed the "Croydon bill" and SB 193, a bill that...
Mark Shriver: Working together toward full-day kindergarten
Save the Children Action Network's president, Mark Shriver, supported Governor Sununu's commitment to funding full-day kindergarten programs in a letter to the Union Leader:
In today's...
UL: Targeting kindergarten: Sununu offers sound compromise
The Union Leader Editorial Board ran an oped about Governor Sununu's proposal to target funding for full-day kindergarten programs. Read the full text:
If we had...