Mike Ricker – Candidate for Alderman in Ward 9
(Hour 1c) Guest hosts State Representative Victoria Sullivan, her son Buddy and DJ...
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Tag: No Child Left Behind
Standardized Testing and It’s Effects on Education
(Hour 3b) Rich read an article written about the collection of data in the school systems. He then shared his opinion on standardized testing, before talking about the federal government’s involvement in the...
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Alex Newman on Crimes of the Educators
(Hour 2b) Guest hosts Hal Shurtleff and Ed Naile, Chairman of the Coalition of New Hampshire...
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Thomas Frischknecht on the Charter School Movement
(Hours 3b,c) Rich talked to Thomas Frischknecht for Is Our Children Learning. Thomas...
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Disrespect and Disapproval: Tom Raffio and a State Board of Education Meeting
(Hours 3a,b,c) In the absence of Is Our Children Learning Anchor Sid Glassner, Rich covered last...
Read MoreGlassner on School Governance, Superintendents and Common Core
(Hours 3a,b,c) Rich talked about more issues within the Timberlane Regional School District. He commented on what is and is not non-public information and spoke about school governance. He then introduced Sid Glassner, Senior...
Read MoreLast Night’s School Board Meeting
(Hour 2a) Rich talked to us about last night’s Manchester School Board meeting. He shared about Superintendent Livingston and made comparisons to Superintendent Littlefield. He told us why he ran for school board and...
Read MoreCommon Core, Uncommon Responses
(Hour 3a) Rich talked to us about Common Core and the Smarter Balanced Assessments. He talked about the zeroes that were passed out to the students who opted out of the assessments. He pointed out the lack of consistent...
Read MoreRobert Pondiscio and the War for Common Core
(Hour 3b) We were joined by Robert Pondiscio this morning. Robert is the Vice President of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and came on the show to make the case for Common Core. He and Rich talked about the opt out movement,...
Read MoreEducational Accountability, Friedrichs Case and Too Much Jargon
(Hours 3a,b,c) We talked to Sid Glassner, Senior Fellow with the New England Society for the Study of Education, for Is Our Children Learning this morning. We started by hearing a public service announcement from Mom-at-Large...
Read MoreAmerican Principles Project: “Disappointed” on the passage of ESSA
A statement by American Principles Project (APP) on the passage of ESSA this week. Cornerstone works closely with APP and stands by this statement. American Principles Project “Disappointed” With Passage of Every Student...
Read MoreTrans-Gendered Issue; Problems in Timberlane
(Hours 1b,2b) Rich talked to us about an issue in which the Federal Government mandated that the Illinois School District allow a trans-gendered biological boy to get dressed in a girls locker room. We then played a clip from a...
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