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By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Contoocook. On April 25, the NH Senate Education Committee heard testimony regarding HB 367 and HB 464. Both bills propose the expansion of funding for Education Freedom Accounts, New Hampshire’s school voucher program. This...

By CARISA CORROW

Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. For many years, science and math teachers have been in short supply, not just in New Hampshire, but nationwide. At the same time,...

By CLAUDIA ISTEL

Claudia Istel of Acworth is a retired public high school teacher and adjunct at River Valley Community College. As a retired public regional high school teacher for 30 years and living in the district where I taught, I have seen firsthand how our...

By ETHAN DEWITT

A push to increase who is eligible for free and reduced price lunches in schools is facing a setback, after the Senate Education Committee recommended delaying a decision on the bill until next year.House Bill 572 would raise the income threshold for...

By ANNMARIE TIMMINS

Lawmakers are taking up education issues this year that go beyond the big ones, such as adequate funding, school safety, and school vouchers. The instruction of cursive writing and multiplication tables is also dividing the public and...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

A Concord teen who, for the past two years, has dedicated all her spare time to tutoring refugee students has won a national award for the work she does with her nonprofit organization.Riyah Patel, 17, was named New Hampshire’s 2023 Prudential...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

In a typical fourth-grade math class in Concord, students should be able to calculate the area of a shape with the help of the acronym P-E-M-D-A-S, which stands for parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, and subtraction.That task...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Henniker Special Education Coordinator Lindsay Nye started holding pre-school guided play and discussion sessions for parents of babies and toddlers this month after she realized many parents in her district didn’t know whether their children were...

By JONATHAN VAN FLEET

Inflation was the dirty word of the night in Dunbarton. “This was a difficult year,” Selectmen Chairman Michael Kaminski told the sparse crowd of about 30 residents who drove to Town Meeting despite Tuesday’s storm. “Inflation killed us.”Inflation...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Last year, the Concord School District was willing to pay $3.5 million for a parcel of land owned by CenterPoint Church before the church congregation rejected the proposal, according to public documents.An unredacted copy of the District’s February...

By ETHAN DEWITT

As middle school students returned to the classroom after remote learning during COVID-19, Concord School District officials knew they needed a new learning approach. Kids were disoriented after remote and hybrid learning had disrupted their ability...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

As voters flock to annual town and school district meetings this week, many were asked to approve new contracts for teachers and school support staff that include salary or benefit increases to make the jobs more desirable.Locally, Merrimack Valley,...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

On the wall of her classroom at Christa McAuliffe School, kindergarten teacher Christine Holliday-Rowe kept a “Wall of Fame,” featuring a photo of each student. Beside it was a list of “I can” statements.“I can read and write 20 sight words,” one...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Students from middle and high schools around the state performed music at the New Hampshire State House to mark Music in Our Schools Month.Student choirs, bands, orchestras, wind ensembles and jazz bands from Weare, Manchester, Plymouth, Derry,...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

The Concord School District is pushing back against a proposal for a gas station and convenience store to operate across the street from Concord High School.At a meeting Wednesday, school board members decided unanimously to appeal a decision made by...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

An outpouring of public support for a Concord elementary school art teacher took center stage at a Concord School Board meeting this week following a parent complaint last month.“I am here today because I am saddened, disheartened and discouraged by...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Following a community meet and greet event earlier this week, Marcy Kelley was selected as the new superintendent for schools in Bow and Dunbarton. Kelley, who is currently the director of student services for the Bow and Dunbarton school districts,...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

The Concord School District voted Monday to appoint Clint Cogswell to be the new school district treasurer for the remainder of this year’s term.Cogswell will be taking over from previous treasurer Tom Croteau, who was appointed to fill a vacant seat...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

The State of New Hampshire is seeking to purchase the Granite State College building on Hall Street, with the hope that it could become the new permanent headquarters for the Department of Education.Governor Sununu’s proposed capital budget for FY2024...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Barnstead Elementary School fifth grade teacher Annabelle Boyle waved goodbye to her students as they put on their winter jackets in preparation to leave the classroom and head to their next class.The jackets were necessary because when students exit...