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Modified: 2/26/2022 7:00:12 AM
New Hampshire has a proud historical past of supporting public schooling. Why are we now introducing payments that threaten to undermine that historical past? Collectively these payments are giving the impression that instructor can’t be trusted to show, that historical past must be whitewashed so we really feel snug, that public funds needs to be used for spiritual and “particular” teaching programs, and now we’re being instructed that schooling want solely embody the fundamentals of English, math, science, and social research.
“Satisfactory and minimal” have develop into the brand new buzz phrases from our schooling commissioner. How is an schooling with out artwork, music, world languages, pc literacy, well being and bodily schooling enough? Why are we limiting our kids to “enough?” The primary video launched to rejoice Black historical past by the state’s Schooling Division credited Booker T. Washington with braveness and resourcefulness in establishing faculties for Black college students within the South throughout Reconstruction and Jim Crow. He was a hero as a result of the schooling given to Black youngsters on the time was so “insufficient” that he constructed faculties to present these youngsters a greater schooling. He constructed faculties so these college students would expertise the next degree of studying past “enough.” Cease pushing payments which are damaging the historical past of our state’s academic expertise. Public faculties are the muse of our communities. They’re the muse of our democracy. Our kids deserve the very best we can provide them. Not from non-public faculties, not from spiritual faculties, not from constitution faculties, however from public faculties.
Maureen Ellermann
Harmony