Back in 2010 when the New Hampshire State Board of Education adopted Common Core, I warned that this was a set up for failure. Not only would Common Core dumb down our public schools, we’d see other negative changes,...
Read MoreDiane Sekula, the teacher who found it professionally unacceptable to continue her teaching career in light of the demands put upon her teaching by the Common Core Standards and the High-Stakes testing regimen visited with Sid...
Read MoreGiven that Governor Margaret Wood Hassan has vetoed Senator Kevin Avard’s bill (SB101) preventing the State Board or Department of Education from requiring local school districts to adopt the Common Core national education...
Read MoreCharter school advocates aren’t happy with Thursday’s vote to table House Bill 5 6 3 in the New Hampshire Senate. While the bill did pass on the initial vote, Majority Leader Jeb Bradley, Republican from Wolfeboro,...
Read MoreDiane Sekula, a local 6th, 7th and 8th grade teacher, discussed with Sid how high-stakes testing and its first cousin, The Common Core, has negatively transformed the nature and character of the public school experience for our...
Read MoreParents in Manchester continue to submit refusal forms removing their children from the Smarter Balanced Assessment. Last week, we reported that a total of two hundred sixty one letters had been received by principals at...
Read MoreA statement from Diane Sekula, experienced educator and Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Moldova, ’99-10): I have been a teacher for well over a decade and this spring, I will turn in my resignation because of Common Core and its...
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