183:, former governor of North Carolina. The resulting recommendations, published in 1966, included the development of "a master plan for school district reorganization", a minimum teacher's salary, expansion of vocational training, and a compulsory kindergarten program for all public school pupils. The recommendations were promoted by King in addresses, discussed on NH television, and endorsed by the NH Schools Boards Association (which Freedman would later lead) as well as the New Hampshire Education Association (representing 6,000 state teachers).
172:(a study by Margaret Ronzone Cusick) in 1959, a three-year study of the top 25 per cent of New Hampshire high school graduates. The study, a subject of subsequent conferences, showed that nearly half of the top quarter of all high school seniors in New Hampshire didn't attend college, and over 15 percent of this group did not even graduate from high school. The survey further showed that while there were almost twice as many girls as boys in the top quarter, more than two thirds of those boys went to college while less than half of the girls did.
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September 1965 with 108 students and 11 faculty members. Classes were initially held in space rented from the Manchester Institute of Arts and Science and the nearby Boys Club. The school then bought 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land on River Road and moved to newly built facilities
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Freedman retired from the program in 1991 but it continued through its two-year term. At its 1993 Governor and
Executive Council meeting, the contract was awarded to a private consulting firm, primarily citing its "...method for evaluating schools." SIP was, however, given a "continued voice and
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Educational Field Services (a joint office of the N.H. School Boards Association and the University of New Hampshire). While there, she coordinated an annual education conference
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888:"Some officials fear state faces future shortage of administrators"
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Financial Aid to the Undergraduate, Issues and Implications
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562:"King Names State Delegation to Draft Interstate Compact"
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831:"Low pay, low aid, high costs hampering N.H. education"
131:(B.A.) in 1947. She married Peter S. Freedman in 1947.
688:"School Personnel Will Meet at Educational Conference"
431:"New League of Women Voters Elects Officers in Marion"
315:"Guide to the Elenore Freedman Collection, 1960-2002"
758:"School Principals to Meet in Concord for Workshop"
526:"Nashua High Sends More Bright Students to College"
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204:NH Association of School Principals (1974 – 1988)
586:. Nashua, NH. AP. September 7, 1966. p. 19.
1044:. Nashua, NH. AP. November 18, 1961. p. 2.
1038:"Mrs Flynn Named to Council For Better Schools"
658:. Portsmouth, NH. AP. Apr 11, 1964. p. 12.
472:"Margaret Ronzone Cusick dies in New Hampshire"
850:"Plan for more math, science teachers debated"
640:. Portsmouth, NH. AP. Oct 21, 1966. p. 1.
622:. Portsmouth, NH. AP. Oct 22, 1966. p. 3.
490:"Winer will preside at Education Session Here"
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706:"School board member taking part in seminar"
604:. Portsmouth, NH. June 11, 1966. p. 25.
992:"State Budget Negotiators Reach Compromise"
973:"Council Unanimously Okays School Contract"
934:. New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. 1988
818:. Boston, MA. AP. Feb 20, 1979. p. 22.
800:. Nashua, NH. UPI. Aug 17, 1977. p. 1.
725:"4 ½ Per Cent Tax Plan Faces Further Study"
676:. Portsmouth, NH. Oct 20, 1971. p. 23.
460:. Portsmouth, NH. June 22, 1974. p. 7.
156:NH Council for Better Schools (1957 - 1969)
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910:"Wilkins named one of 10 in pilot project"
812:"N.H. push underway to raise drinking age"
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454:"Bedford woman named by School Principals"
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580:"$ 5,000 Salary for Teachers Recommended"
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652:"Sweeps Money Urged for Specifics"
437:. New Bedford, MA. March 29, 1952.
230:University System of New Hampshire
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990:Tibbetts, Donn (June 23, 1995).
723:Taylor, Jane F. (Feb 18, 1972).
514:. UPI. Jan 21, 1960. p. 10.
277:New Hampshire Historical Society
971:Tibbetts, Donn (Aug 26, 1993).
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598:"Television Schedule / TUESDAY"
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670:"Educators Meet Here Thursday"
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241:The Derryfield School
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