Have You Even Read About Prenda?

Have you even read about Prenda, or are you only getting your inform from the We Stand With Croydon Students crowd?    Three teachers in town have a direct conflict of interests, they want to protect the school budget because they are teachers, at least one of them boasts being a proud teacher union member.

If you believe in the individual you can't support unions, at least I can't.  This country was founded on individual rights, unions are the anthesis to the individual.    Good employees don't need unions.  Bad employees are protected by unions.  If you stand for freedom, you stand for the rights of individuals.  Union dues are just another form of tax and slave/master type situation.  Employment laws protect individuals there is no need for unions. 

Teacher unions' serve teachers not students.  There are plenty of books to read about how the teachers' unions have destroyed public education in America.  With test results being mediocre at best and Newport Schools ranking in the bottom 20% why not give Prenda a chance?  As a parent the first thing you did was research it yourself and not have someone else tell you about the program, right?  A person especially would not want to hear from teacher who is trying to protect their own racket. 

Giving the $800,000 budget a try is a huge David and Goliath moment.  It could be the end to excessive spending and poor educational results in public education. 

Click the title to read about Prenda and do some more research yourself. 

Cathy Peschke

Recovering Bright Futures

Every student deserves a Recovering Bright Futures Program.

The Department is partnering with Prenda schools for a new and exciting grant opportunity 

to support your students and families who have experienced learning loss and who have 
may have experienced significant stress and disruption as a result of the COVID-19 
pandemic – Recovering Bright Futures. 

The Recovering Bright Futures Program offers School Districts and communities the 

opportunity to provide students with access to Learning Pods starting this fall.

Learning Pods may be new to many, but throughout the pandemic and across the country,

they have served thousands of students in a small-group, multi-age and trauma sensitive 

learning environments. Learning Pods are particularly helpful to students who have 

experienced learning loss and will thrive with more individualized attention.

Learning Pods as an option for those students who might benefit from this unique, 
supportive educational environment. The Department will also directly support the 
creation of Community Learning Pods, especially for families who do not have a 
District Learning Pod available to them.

The Department will offer grants to School Districts to support the creation of District 

Learning Pods as an option for those students who might benefit from this unique, 

supportive educational environment. The Department will also directly support the 

creation of Community Learning Pods, especially for families who do not have a District 

Learning Pod available to them.

School Districts interested in the Recovering Bright Futures Program will received 
grant application packets separately.

What is a Learning Pod?

Learning Pods involve, small, in-person, multi-age groupings of students in a trauma sensitive 
environment that allows children to stabilize, rekindle curiosity, and accelerate learning 
so that they might catch up with their peers. Generally, a micro or learning pod has 
between 5 – 10 students in grades K-2, 3-5 or 6-8 groupings. One New Hampshire 
elementary education teacher, who taught in a Learning Pod this year, described it as 
outstanding and noted that her own child was thriving using this learning system. The 
learning system, which is aligned to the New Hampshire academic standards, 
focuses on empowering learners through three different mastery and project-based learning 
modes each day: Conquer, Collaborate and Create.

To read the rest of the information click here.