NH gets federal grant to open 27 new charter schools &...

The New Hampshire Department of Education was awarded $46 million from the US Department of Education to expand the number of charter schools in...

Reaching Higher NH Presents its Manchester Proud Community Engagement Work to...

Over the past year, Reaching Higher NH has partnered with Manchester Proud, an initiative to build a community-driven, comprehensive strategic plan for the Manchester...

NH lawmakers table federal charter grant, request more information

On Friday, November 8, 2019, the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee voted 7-3 to table the first portion of the $46 million federal grant to...

Webinar Recording: Charter Schools in New Hampshire

Our Director of Policy and Practice, Liz Canada, will provide an introduction to charter schools in New Hampshire: from how they are created, to...

House lawmakers table HB 607, the local school voucher bill

New Hampshire lawmakers have voted to table House Bill 607, which would create a locally-funded school voucher program, at their opening session on Thursday,...

Analysis finds that doubling charter schools in NH could cost...

In response to the Joint Legislative Fiscal Committee’s request for more information on charter school funding, Reaching Higher NH conducted a fiscal impact analysis...

Review of State’s Charter Schools Estimates 1,083 Open Seats in 2018-2019

On Tuesday, February 18, 2020, our Board of Directors issued a statement regarding this analysis. To read it, click here. Reaching Higher NH’s most recent...

Lawmakers reject first payment of federal charter school grant, questioning long...

On Friday, December 13, 2019, New Hampshire’s fiscal oversight committee voted 7-3 to reject the first payment of a new $46M federal charter school...

What are the major factors that influence student learning in New...

To answer this question, Reaching Higher NH set out on a two-year project to explore how family, community, and statewide factors impact learning, and...

How economic security affects our youngest learners

This article is part of our Whole Picture of Public Education project, which uses state and national data to answer the question: what influences...