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State Board of Education Weighs Review of Math and English Standards

The State Board of Education is considering whether to review and revise the state's College and Career Ready standards in Math and English Language...

School program puts focus on civics

The Monadnock Center for Culture and History in Peterborough hosted day-long program focused on teaching civics in elementary school, according to the Union Leader: The...

‘Democracy Project’ Aims To Address Civics Knowledge Gap Among N.H. Students

Bill Dunlap, the director of the New Hampshire Historical Society, sat down with NHPR to talk about the "Democracy Project," an effort to revise...

State Board affirms support for state standards, but DOE will proceed...

Following up on what has been several months of public comment and debate, the State Board of Education will not be opening a formal...

N.H. Won’t Overhaul the Common Core. Its Schools Chief Still Wants...

At the State Board of Education meeting in July, the Board voted to affirm their support of the current state standards. Commissioner Edelblut said...

SAT may not align with NH learning standards, research suggests

New Hampshire has used the College Board's SAT assessment to satisfy the high school testing requirement since 2015. Since then, every 11th grader has...

ELOs help to personalize learning and provide more opportunities in small...

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Extended Learning Opportunities allow students to earn class credit and meet learning competencies through personalized experiences that often take place outside of the classroom. As...

Education Commissioner hopeful that PACE can create opportunities for deeper learning...

In this video for KnowledgeWorks and the Center for Assessment, Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut speaks to how PACE can help expand innovation and deeper...

State Board adopts K-12 Computer Science academic standards

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In June, the state legislature voted to add computer science as a core K-12 subject. This week, the New Hampshire State Board of Education,...

Listening sessions for NH Social Studies standards to take place this...

The Department of Education is working to update New Hampshire's social studies standards which have not been updated since 2006. It is currently working...