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Coverage involving education and schools.
JerriAnne Boggis, BHT Executive Director, and her staff opened their annual public conversation on democracy Sunday with bravery, by hosting a conversation on “Divisive Concepts: A Chilling Effect on Teaching History.”
One might expect that a bill to eliminate a new state voucher program that just launched in the fall would meet with opposition, but a separate bill, seeking to ensure that the Education Freedom Accounts go only to families in need of financial help also met with strong opposition during a hearing before the Senate Education Committee on Tuesday.
The bill seeks to require teachers to provide curricular materials for all courses to the community and allow parents to place objections on materials and require schools to provide alternative instruction.
The House Education Committee closely questioned those testifying on behalf of bills proposing changes to the state’s new Education Freedom Accounts on Friday.
A tally of people signing in to the public hearing on House Bill 1255 before the House Education Committee, was 2,232 opposed, 26 in favor and 1 neutral.
The Jaffrey-Rindge MLK Committee is hosting its celebration of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday virtually tonight.
As cybersecurity attacks have become more widespread, towns, cities, and school districts are finding that the measures they were taking to prevent data breaches have fallen short of what is needed to prevent data theft, fraudulent money transfers, and wholesale takeovers of their computer systems.
MANCHESTER — Two of the most controversial bills before the House this week were tabled and will die at the end of January unless they are acted on by the end of the month.
School and child-care providers peppered top state officials with questions about CDC’s new quarantine and isolation guidance in its regular, virtual briefing Wednesday, telling them it is making their job harder.