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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday aimed at barring transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams has already had a tangible effect on at least one local school district.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

State Rep. Dan McGuire testified Monday that a meeting with Epsom School District administrators was the genesis for a bill that would eliminate multiple subjects from a list of requirements for public schools.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley School Board Chair Tracy Bricchi accused some district residents of “border[ing] on libel” at the conclusion of a contentious budget hearing Tuesday that saw some attendees call out the board and its administrators for what they described as a lack of transparency and accountability.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A trio of proposed laws would require public school health educators to show students starting in sixth grade a series of videos created by a pro-life organization that depict abortion procedures and fetal gestation.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

New Hampshire students showed marginal academic improvement in most subjects over the last two years, but their scores continue to trail those seen immediately before the pandemic, according to data released last week by the National Assessment of Education Progress.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Drivers who passed Epsom Central School on any of the last few Fridays may have noticed a roaring fire burning as students trotted around in snowshoes and slid down a hill in little plastic saucers.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Friday morning to note that the minutes for one of the meetings described were updated following this story’s publication.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Presenting a school budget is a typically staid, number-laden affair. 

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Claire Ketteler was growing frustrated. 

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hopkinton Rep. David Luneau wants to nearly double New Hampshire’s contribution to public education.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord mother Wendy Santiago said that when her son, Noah, attended a public charter school in the area, he sometimes came home with ripped pants and injuries from bullying.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The police response to a pro-Palestine protest at the University of New Hampshire last spring that ended in a dozen arrests likely violated students’ free speech rights and should be investigated by an independent body, a university working group concluded this week.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Epsom voters will decide in March whether to approve a proposed cap that would likely reduce the school district’s budget by about 10%.

By DEB HOWES

Deb Howes is president of AFT-New Hampshire, a professional union representing public school educators.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Parents and advocates gathered alongside students at a rally in support of special education funding outside the State House with many more students and educators participating from their classrooms via Zoom. They say the state shouldn't downshift costs to the local level, which would continue to squeeze these badly needed, and legally-requires services. 

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Merrimack Valley School District exceeded its approved budget by more than $2 million last school year, the superintendent acknowledged this week, more than two months after district administrators became aware of the full extent of the shortfall.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Barb Higgins wants her fellow school board members to stop delaying the inevitable. The Concord Board of Education has been weighing the location of the new middle school should go to a public vote, either in the spring or the fall, or to simply work...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley High School senior Alison Lamontagne’s first foray into New Hampshire’s All-State Music Festival came not as a trumpeter, but rather as a vocalist.“When I was in eighth grade, I was approached by my band director and he heard me sing...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Longtime University of New Hampshire Police Chief Paul Dean, under scrutiny for his role in the response to a pro-Palestine protest last May, will leave the university to become incoming Governor Kelly Ayotte’s director of citizen services.The...

By MAUREEN F. PROHL

Maureen F. Prohl lives in Elkins. This year’s annual KRSD Deliberative Session held on Jan. 4, will hopefully serve as a warning, as the proverbial canary in the coal mine, that public education is under attack.Hopefully, it will serve as a wake-up...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

More than 1,400 residents flooded Kearsarge Regional High School on Saturday morning to prevent their school district from becoming the next Croydon or Pembroke. In a show of rousing support for public education, voters soundly defeated a proposal...