Today, I am releasing CSBTP V1, the first version of the Claremont School Board Transparency Project research assistant. CSBTP V1 is built to make it easier to navigate board packets, minutes, policies, and related documents, and to connect local records with statewide context from NHDOE data. It is designed to help the public and stakeholders… Continue reading Introducing CSBTP V1: A source-grounded research assistant for school board transparency
Author: Kevin Tyson
When they came for the Christians, I did nothing, I’m not a Christian
Yes, it is time to paraphrase Martin Niemöller.I am not a Christian. I am not religious at all. When I describe myself as a Jew, what I mean is that my mother was a Jew. Her mother came from Kraków. My grandparents and many of their cousins emigrated on the eve of World War I.… Continue reading When they came for the Christians, I did nothing, I’m not a Christian
Blackwashing the Word “Segregation” Won’t Fix the Segregation We Actually Have
New Hampshire House Democrats reacted to the leaked “segregated schools” chat the way modern politics trains people to react: treat a sloppy phrase as a full confession of racial intent, denounce it as a moral abomination, and then declare the conversation over. Democratic leader Alexis Simpson called segregation “a living scar,” “built through violence,” and… Continue reading Blackwashing the Word “Segregation” Won’t Fix the Segregation We Actually Have
Faubus, Walz, and the Old American Sport of “Federalism When Convenient”
America has a charming habit: we rediscover “states’ rights” every time the federal government starts doing something our faction hates. The principle stays in the closet until it matches the outfit. In 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus staged the classic: state power deployed to frustrate federal authority, wrapped in the language of “public order.” When… Continue reading Faubus, Walz, and the Old American Sport of “Federalism When Convenient”
Tomorrow’s School Board Meeting: The Budget Is Public, But the Data Still Isn’t
Preparing for the Spring fleecing SAU 6 has started building the FY27 budget and has published a “Budget Presentation” plus operating budgets for the 3-school and 4-school configurations. Unfortunately, the district continues to publish core financial information only as PDFs. SAU 6 PDFs are fine for printing. They are terrible for analysis. When public budgeting… Continue reading Tomorrow’s School Board Meeting: The Budget Is Public, But the Data Still Isn’t
Fighting Parental Rights Via Local Control
There is a particular kind of political jiu-jitsu that shows up every session in Concord: take a word conservatives like, twist it 15 degrees, and use it to do something conservatives should hate. HB1512 is that move. The bill would let a town hold a referendum to decide whether families in that town may access… Continue reading Fighting Parental Rights Via Local Control
The Sullivan County NH Republican Committee 