Mary Steady appointed as Manchester’s new director of student services

Manchester Superintendent, Dr. Bolgen Vargas, has named Mary Steady as the district's new Director of Student Services, according to Manchester Ink Link: Ms. Steady comes...

Concord Monitor: “Education commissioner denies he politicized job interview”

After Karin Cevasco's opinion column in yesterday's edition of the Concord Monitor about her experience interviewing for the Department of Education position to lead the state's...

Analysis finds that SB 193 may disadvantage students with disabilities

Reaching Higher New Hampshire, a nonpartisan education policy nonprofit, released an analysis of SB 193, a bill to create a statewide education savings account...

Massachusetts education advocate looks to NH as a model for meaningful...

Education advocate Lisa Guisbond used New Hampshire's performance assessment model, PACE, when advocating for more meaningful measures of student and school progress. From the...

My Turn: A disturbing exchange with Commissioner Edelblut

Gate City Charter School co-founder and longtime educator Karin Cevasco shared her conversation with New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut in the Concord Monitor: "I...

Educational Opportunity Fund created to help close ed achievement gaps in...

The Portsmouth School District launched a new Educational Opportunity Fund to help close the educational opportunity gaps for low income students, reported Manchester Ink...

A Revealing Day in Manchester City Schools

Christopher Thompson, a Manchester businessman and columnist for the Union Leader, wrote about his visit to the city's schools. Thompson's reflections about the work...

Vargas, school board to renew Manchester redistricting talks

According to the Union Leader, Manchester Superintendent Dr. Bolgen Vargas will open a discussion with the school board on redistricting early next year: "'There has...

Enrollments continue to decline across Capital area – but not everywhere

According to the Concord Monitor, fluctuations in school enrollment--often even as little as 1% annually--are creating logistical challenges, from classroom space to staffing needs: Continuing...

Representative Cordelli: Education Savings Accounts will not destroy public education

Representative Glenn Cordelli (R-Tuftonboro) countered recent claims that SB 193, the bill that would create a statewide voucher program, would hurt public schools in...