Manchester Proud: An objective effort or a stacked deck?
Now that serious, undisclosed conflicts between Manchester Proud and Reaching Higher NH have been...
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Tag: Dr. Sandra Stotsky
Glassner on School Changes and Betsy DeVos
(Hours 3a,b,c) Rich spoke to Sid Glassner, Senior Fellow with the New England Society for the Study of Education, about the departure of Bedford from the Manchester School District. They then discussed the teaching...
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Glassner, Sampson on Fight Against Common Core in ME
(Hour 3b, c) (Hour 3b) Heidi Sampson is a member of the Maine State Board of Education and a...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for October 7, 2014
Manchester 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 MoreOn Air News Read for October 1, 2014
A scary incident in Hooksett yesterday warrants our attention. The Hooksett Police Department is warning residents to carefully check their mailboxes and immediately contact them in the event that something other than mail is...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for August 25, 2014
The Manchester Board of School Committee will meet tonight and there’s a bunch on the agenda. The controversial Manchester Academic Standards are back on the agenda, this time in final form with a table of contents and...
Read MoreRich Girard’s On Air News Read for August 21, 2014
A public hearing on Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas’ proposed change to the city’s tax cap came and went on Tuesday night and just about nobody noticed. Only one speaker was present for the event, perennial public...
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Stotsky: How to turn a sow’s ear into a silk purse
Original article published here at the Pioneer Institute, reprinted with permission. 24 Jun 2014...
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Stotsky: Manchester Academic Standards incomplete, unprofessional
Nationally renowned education standards expert Dr. Sandra Stotsky shared her interactions with the...
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Discussing Hemingway, “Patronizing” Petrelli, “Devastating” Stotsky
(Hour 1a) Much of the information we share on our adorable little radio show is stuff we come...
Read More(Don’t) Ask the School Board about MHT Academic Standards
(Hour 3a) We were surprised to hear about the actions of Manchester School Board member John Avard’s actions on a Facebook page he startedback in April. Ask the School Board became a very popular FB Group during the Jewett...
Read MoreOn Air News Read for July 23, 2014
07-23-2014 News Manchester’s aldermen were busy little bees last night as they met in various committees. Among the consequential decisions was the Committee on Lands and Buildings action to waive the city’s right...
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