WHAT IMPACTS do levels of funding from the state have on our public schools and tax rates?
Here’s an example: public high school A has about 1,300 students, offers 12 AP courses, 26 sports teams, has a 95% graduation rate, 1115 mean SAT scores, $72,491 average teacher salary, and the residents have a $12.03 per thousand education property tax rate. Twenty miles down the road is public high school B, which has about 1,500 students. They are able to offer 4 AP courses, 21 sports teams, have a 70.9% graduation rate, 944 mean SAT score, and the average teacher salary is only $49,823, all while their residents pay a 40% higher education property tax rate.
HERE IN New Hampshire, we are already in a new political season. So it’s not too early to appeal to candidates, and would-be candidates, who want our votes: Please take the Bible into account when you talk about migrants and immigration.
ACCORDING TO the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, more than one in five American adults live with a mental illness, and more than 1 in 25 adults live with a serious mental illness. This means that we all know someone who may need help, and as our mental health changes over time, i…
FOR MORE THAN 25 years I have worked with advocates across New Hampshire encouraging legislators to implement an adult Medicaid oral health benefits bill. Over the years, there have been a countless number of initiatives our foundation has supported to promote oral health access, but finally…
I READ Michael Skelton of the NH Business and Industry Association’s article in the New Hampshire Sunday News and have to say that I agree with some of what he has to say. He recommends an all-of-the-above approach to addressing energy costs, which is a good idea.
MORE THAN 160,000 students attend New Hampshire public schools, representing more than 90% of families with school-age children. On average, these students perform among the best in the country, which says a lot when state funding of public schools is the lowest in the country. It also says …
I READ with great satisfaction that SB 272 failed to pass last Thursday. Please understand that not every youngster or teenager lives in a welcoming, loving, understanding home environment. Not every parent is attuned to the needs (both emotional and physical) of their children.
EDUCATORS often use the metaphor of the three-legged stool to convey the ideal parent-teacher-child relationship. If one leg is weakened, the stool inevitably becomes unstable.
