NH’s Latest School Funding Case

The NH Supreme Court issued its most recent school funding decision last week in the ConVal case. The decision upheld (affirmed) Judge Ruoff’s ruling that the state underfunds its responsibility to pay for a constitutionally adequate education.

Op-Ed: The Lunch Ladies are Not Smiling

There will be no happy meals served by kind lunch ladies in Lisbon or Berlin today but Waterville Valley residents will rejoice in their ability to spend state tax monies earmarked for education on sewer repair projects.

Op-Ed: The Josiah Bartlett Center Takes a Beating.

It’s been a tough couple of weeks for NH’s Josiah Bartlett Center, its president Drew Cline and board member Rep. Dan McGuire (R-Epsom). Cline, who doubles as the chair of NH’s state board of education, released a report on public education spending that uses questionable economics to make the claim NH spends too much.