Governor Sununu issues executive order to give greater flexibility for online...

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On Wednesday, March 18, Governor Sununu signed an executive order that allows school districts greater flexibility to use online learning tools. All New Hampshire...

Somersworth models self-care with SELF days

Superintendent Bob Gadomski is modeling self-care for students, families, educators, and staff in Somersworth and Rollinsford through the district’s newly announced SELF days. SELF,...

A new reality: Educators reflect on the first weeks of remote...

On Monday and Thursday mornings at 11:30, Franklyn Bass sets aside his regular duties as interim superintendent of the Concord School District and logs...

“We’re just trying to take it day by day”: Educators reflect...

On ordinary weekday mornings, the network of sidewalks branching out from Christa McAuliffe School in downtown Concord host processions of children: on bikes and...

Bridging gaps: Remote learning creates new challenges in meeting diverse student...

Michelle Davis has spent her entire 24-year teaching career in Franklin, a quiet city tucked between the state’s capital and the White Mountains. History...

Educators face challenges in delivering support services and addressing new hardships

In the early weeks of remote learning following Gov. Sununu’s executive order to close all K-12 schools, SAU 24 Superintendent Jacqueline Coe sent out...

How remote learning is affecting students’ mental health

While educators are working to address students' learning needs, they are also realizing the effects of remote learning on students' mental health. Generally, students...

Adjustments, disappointments, and silver linings: Students reflect on remote learning

The final weeks of school are typically abuzz with celebrations and traditions, handshakes and hugs and tears. Teenagers sway to sugary dance tunes. Sweaty,...

NH DOE forms a public school reopening and redesign task force

On Monday, May 11, Commissioner Frank Edelblut announced a new task force that will propose recommendations to the Governor, NH Department of Education, and...

Complex equations: Districts brace for pandemic’s economic fallout

Even before the coronavirus pandemic shuttered schools along with nearly every sector of the economy, the Newport School District was under financial strain. In...