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Janet Ward lives in Contoocook. New Hampshire’s Commissioner of Education Frank Edelblut recently submitted his revision of the 306 Rules to the NH State Board of Education for their approval. Many of the commissioner’s revisions are so subtle they...

By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Hopkinton. On April 11, at the State Board of Education’s second public hearing on Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut’s revisions of the 306 Rules which govern public schools, Board Chair Drew Cline gave all those present an...

By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Contoocook. Doris Haddock, known by many as “Granny D”, walked across America at the age of 90 to call attention to the need for campaign finance reform. She did it because she believed that “Democracy is not something we have,...

By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Contoocook. Every one of us comes into the world without an instruction booklet. We arrive naked and alone without any information about where we came from or how we are to survive. Lucky for us there were other human beings around...

By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Contoocook. On April 25, the NH Senate Education Committee heard testimony regarding HB 367 and HB 464. Both bills propose the expansion of funding for Education Freedom Accounts, New Hampshire’s school voucher program. This...

By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Contoocook. HB 61 would repeal and replace the “divisive concepts” bill which attempted to make teaching accurate history dangerous. The true personal story explains why HB 61 is necessary and appropriate.Several years ago, I was...