Ryan Bilodeau

#SchoolChoice |😇 Comms with a Conscience | PR Guy & Sports Fan | 🦞 New England Born & Bred | RTs ≠ endorsements / Opinions my own | ✝️ Catholic

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

📢 Check out my latest op-ed for the NH Journal ↓

[NH Journal @NewHampJournal]

BILODEAU: From Grief to Graduation: How an EFA Helped One NH Senior Find Her Purpose

https://t.co/VLg3LDoQTM
@nhgop @nhdems @CSF_NH

[EdChoice @edchoice]

Smaller class sizes and customizable learning experiences are possible with school choice. Pastor Robertson of Black Pastors United for Education describes what changes he thinks should happen in the classroom to foster a better education for students.
https://t.co/EFomUa9SHd

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

New podcast from @PioneerBoston explores the constitutional foundations of educational freedom with @EdChoice's Leslie Hiner.

The discussion covers landmark cases including Zelman, Trinity Lutheran, Espinoza, and Carson v. Makin, along with the future of school choice litigation, parental rights, educational tax credits, and education freedom nationwide.

As New Hampshire's Education Freedom Account (EFA) program continues to grow, understanding the legal and constitutional foundations of educational freedom has never been more important.

Featuring Professor Albert Cheng, @AlishaSearcy, and Leslie Hiner of @EdChoice.

Worth a listen for anyone following education policy, school choice, parental rights, and the ongoing legal landscape surrounding educational opportunity.

🎧 https://t.co/Y8ZP2YtvNK

#SchoolChoice #EducationFreedom #NHPolitics #EducationPolicy

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

@Ross_Berry Going out in a glaze of glory ...

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

BREAKING: Father Jean-Baptiste has been traded to the New Orleans @Saints for an undisclosed amount of incense and future considerations. Sources say he impressed scouts with his pursuit angle and understanding of moral law.

#catholic

[Fr Joseph Hudson @acloudofsaints]

A man crashed a stolen car outside St. Joseph Shrine. Then he bolted.

The Rector heard the crash and someone yelled "stop him."

So Rev. Jean-Baptiste Commins — in full cassock — tackled him, and held him until the police came.

Never underestimate a priest in a cassock.

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

Happy 603 Day!

What makes New Hampshire special isn't just its natural beauty (though the mountains, lakes, forests, and coastline certainly help). It's also a place where citizens have an unusually direct voice in government.

With the largest state legislature in America, 400 representatives who earn just $100 a year, New Hampshire's citizen legislature reflects the idea that government should remain close to the people it serves. Public hearings are a way of life here, and ordinary citizens can still walk into the State House and make their voices heard.

It's a state that values independence, education freedom and school choice, community, and the freedom to chart your own path. Whether it's parents having more educational options for their children, entrepreneurs building something from the ground up, or citizens actively participating in government, New Hampshire has a culture that empowers people rather than institutions.

Those values, combined with the unmatched beauty of the Granite State, are what make the 603 such a remarkable place.

Happy 603 Day, New Hampshire.

#603Day #NewHampshire #GraniteState

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

The Future Is Demanding More. School Choice Makes Sure Students Are Ready.

School choice has never mattered more, and the reason is simple: the world our students are inheriting demands more than the one we grew up in.

Today's students are growing up in an AI-driven economy that will require more knowledge, adaptability, and commitment to lifelong learning than any previous generation has faced. Every industrial revolution has rewarded those prepared to meet the moment and left behind those who were not. The difference today is that too many students are still not being equipped with the foundational skills they will need to do so.

As artificial intelligence, automation, and other emerging technologies continue to reshape the workforce, the premium placed on education and human capital will only grow. Yet this transformation is unfolding at a time when academic achievement is declining and too many students are struggling to master the fundamentals of reading, writing, spelling, and mathematics.

Before students can acquire advanced technical skills, they must first possess the basic tools of learning itself.

If the future will demand more from students, families deserve the freedom to choose the educational environment that best prepares their children to meet that challenge.

#SchoolChoice #EducationFreedom #FutureOfWork #AIEducation #EdTech

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

@JoeyMurr Or Felger's cold feet

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

This Wednesday, my alma mater Mount Saint Charles Academy will award the first-ever Marie Bilodeau Memorial Scholarship to a Catholic student from Woonsocket who has demonstrated both financial need and a commitment to their faith.

For my family, this scholarship is about much more than financial assistance. It is about honoring the life of my mother, Marie Bilodeau.

My Mom Marie Bilodeau spent much of her life facing challenges that would have broken many people. She endured decades of illness, the loss of her husband at a young age, chronic pain, dialysis, oxygen treatments, multiple major surgeries, and countless obstacles. Yet through it all, she remained joyful, faithful, and focused on others.

She taught us to trust God, embrace hardship with courage, and never stop caring for those around them. Even while living on disability and battling serious health issues, she volunteered to run her parish food pantry and spent her life serving others.

One of her favorite reminders was simple: "Just trust God. He will take care of everything."

After her passing, our family often found comfort in the image of a bluebird, a symbol that came to represent her spirit and the faith that carried her through life's trials.

This scholarship ensures that her legacy of faith, sacrifice, resilience, and love will continue through future generations of Mount students.

Mom, you fought the good fight, you finished the race, and you kept the faith. We miss you every day, and we are grateful that your story will continue to inspire others.

#MountSaintCharles #CatholicEducation #MarieBilodeauMemorialScholarship #Woonsocket #Faith #RunningToHeaven

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

New Hampshire in all its beautiful glory!

[Shaun Terhune @Shaun_Terhune]

New Hampshire is an absolute dream right now! Look at the fresh mountain snow today against the palette of wildflowers!

[Jorge Elorza @Jorge_Elorza]

The defining divide of our era isn't markets vs. government. It's open vs. closed.

An open society requires an open education system.

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

This is the kind of story we hear every day at @CSF_NH from New Hampshire families. Not politics or abstractions - just parents trying to find an environment where their child can truly thrive. Zekey’s story is another powerful reminder that every student is different, and sometimes the right fit can change everything.

#NHPolitics #SchoolChoice #EducationFreedom #NHSchools

[CSF New Hampshire @CSF_NH]

For years, school was a struggle for Zekey.

Now, his mom says he runs into school excited & comes home smiling every day thanks to support from Children's Scholarship Fund.

Read Zekey’s story: https://t.co/x843LphgpX

#NHPolitics #SchoolChoice #EducationFreedom

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

Rahm Emanuel, a likely Democratic presidential candidate fresh off a New Hampshire swing, tweeted this morning: “A child’s education should not depend on their address.”

A lot of NH families would agree. That’s one reason Education Freedom Accounts (EFAs) have resonated so strongly here, giving parents more educational options regardless of ZIP code.

@NewHampJournal @iammgraham @DFER_News @Jorge_Elorza @RahmEmanuel

#NHPolitics #FITN #EducationFreedom #SchoolChoice

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

@DFER_News A welcome development!

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

@DFIPolicy @AngelaLMorabito @FoxNews Meanwhile ...

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

If you’re a Christian stuck inside on this rainy Memorial Day reflecting on the freedoms purchased through sacrifice, I genuinely recommend seeing @projecthailmary, which ends up becoming a surprisingly Catholic meditation on mortality, self-gift, grace, and the truth that freedom, survival, and even love itself depend upon someone choosing self-sacrifice over self-preservation.

The film begins with humanity under a slow sentence of death, making the dying sun feel less like a sci-fi plot device and more like a metaphor for the human condition itself: a fallen world where even stars eventually burn out.

Ryland Grace is compelling precisely because he is not evil, merely modern: intelligent, decent, and still instinctively oriented toward self-preservation.

Like Abraham, Moses, or Dante, Grace is transformed only after leaving the safety of home and passing into darkness beyond his control.

The real turning point of the story is not technological discovery but encounter, because Grace is ultimately changed not by science alone, but by communion with an alien named Rocky equally burdened by mortality.

Across the loneliness of space, two dying civilizations independently journey toward the same undying star, which feels almost Augustinian in its symbolism: fallen creatures searching for the one light untouched by decay.

The film quietly rejects the modern fantasy of self-sufficiency by showing that neither Grace nor Rocky can save themselves alone.

Somewhere along the journey, Grace stops asking how to survive and starts asking what another person needs from him, which is the moment he truly becomes heroic.

Even his name becomes symbolic in retrospect, because grace in Catholic theology is precisely the gift that perfects human nature and draws dormant virtues into the open.

Humanity is ultimately saved not through domination or conquest, but through friendship, mutual dependence, and sacrificial love across radical difference.

Even the title acquires a deeper meaning by the end, because for Catholics a “Hail Mary” is not merely a desperate final attempt, but a prayer uttered in darkness when human strength alone is no longer enough.

Project Hail Mary ultimately becomes a story about the paradox at the center of Christianity itself: that man finally becomes fully alive only after he stops clinging quite so tightly to his own life.

#Catholic #catholicchurch #MemorialDay #memorialdayweekend

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

The @nytimes frames school choice as creating “two school systems.”

But here’s what they leave out:

Wealthy families have ALWAYS had school choice.

Private schools. Tutors. Moving to expensive districts. Homeschooling. Specialized programs.

What Education Freedom Accounts do is give more working- and middle-class families access to options that wealthier families already had for generations.

That’s not inequality.

That’s expanding opportunity.

https://t.co/iSSlNoXNgP

CC: @DeAngelisCorey

#SchoolChoice #EducationFreedom #EFAs

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

Congratulations to the NH Department of Education teacher of the year finalists!

[NHED @NHDeptEd]

We are thrilled to announce our three finalists for the 2027 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year - Rebecca Fortgang from Pembroke Academy, Katherine McDonough from Rundlett Middle School/Concord High School, and Christa Powers from Pinkerton Academy. https://t.co/7ZMZdR21OU

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

@grizzlybizzly How many future astronauts & doctors did we lose to unnecessary friction because differently wired students were forced into the same pace, structure, and style of learning every day?

Outliers succeeding inside a system doesn’t necessarily prove the system itself is optimal.

[Ryan Bilodeau @ryankbilodeau]

I think in 10 years we’re going to look back at the “one-size-fits-all” classroom model and wonder why we ever assumed 25 kids should all learn the exact same thing at the exact same pace every day.

The real promise of school choice isn’t just different schools ... it’s entirely different models of learning.

#schoolchoice #educationfreedom

[MacKenzie Price @mackenzieprice]

In traditional school, if your kid is ahead, the only move is to skip a grade. Now, they're the youngest in the class. This still doesn't solve the pacing problem or the fact that kids aren't uniformly advanced. A kid can be flying in math and behind in reading at the same time.

At Alpha, a fifth grader doing geometry sits right next to a friend who's catching up on fourth-grade math. Same room, same age, no one pulled out, no one held back. They're just each working on what they actually need.