School budget cuts are driving Franklin families out of the city
After three hours of public comment, the Franklin City Council voted to pass an $18.5 million school budget. The city faced an $813,000 budget...
RHNH Director Evelyn Aissa speaks to contrasting education outcomes in NH
Reaching Higher NH’s Executive Director, Evelyn Aissa, spoke to attendees of the NH Fiscal Policy Institute’s annual conference, Building a Strong Foundation for a...
Concord Monitor: Advocates say special ed rights lost in school choice...
The Concord Monitor highlighted Reaching Higher NH's new analysis on the statewide voucher bill's impact on students with disabilities, underscoring the potential impacts to...
Voucher bill creates segregated education system, says House Ed member
Representative Mel Myler (Contoocook), a member of the House Education Committee, urged New Hampshire residents to reject SB 193, the statewide voucher bill, in...
Guest Blog: Matt Guruge, CEO of Awato is on a mission...
We recently met Matt Guruge, CEO, and Co-Founder of Awato, an online service that helps students identify career paths that match their interests and...
Policy Brief: New Hampshire Education Tax Credit
New Hampshire started its Education Tax Credit Program in 2012. In the 2019 legislative session, there are three bills related to the program. In this...
Policy Brief: NH Charter Schools
In this brief, we discuss the current authorization process, funding, student selection, and critical questions for consideration to inform the debate around charter schools...
New Hampshire House votes to back $3,000 school voucher bill
The Associated Press reported on the House vote to pass SB 193, the statewide voucher bill, on January 3:
The bill, which is supported by...
Reliance on property taxes for funding means large differences in experiences...
Schools in New Hampshire rely on local property taxes for their funding. That means that some wealthier towns, like Bow, have more resources to pay...
School funding crisis “a math problem” that needs a statewide solution,...
The state's dependence on local property taxes to fund education is reaching a tipping point that requires a statewide solution, attorneys John Tobin and...
