Testing Testing Testing in MHT(Hour 3a) Our observant host read the letter from Weston Elementary School to our Senior Fellow.  Read more in the On Air News Read

It’s clear that Manchester is officially teaching teaching teaching to the test test test.

We thought the new Academic Standards were supposed to free up teachers, not handcuff them.

We thought Common Core was supposed to raise the bar for students, not frustrate them to belly aches and tears.

MHT Teacher: “Angry, frustrated but most of all sad!”

The warning signs were all around us, even in Nashua.  Why didn’t administrators at the Manchester School District and officials on the Manchester School Board heed them?

Here’s the letter that Rich read on the air from Weston Elementary School to parents.

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