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...

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...

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...

Legislative Update: Statewide voucher bill clears House vote

​On January 3, the New Hampshire House of Representatives voted to pass the amended version of SB 193, the bill that creates a statewide...

Manchester schools highlight innovations in learning to national commission of state...

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The National Conference of State Legislatures' Student-Centered Learning Commission visited several Manchester schools to observe innovations in learning first hand, like competency-based education, online...

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...

Senate bill aims to restrain commissioners

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Nine New Hampshire Senators have sponsored a bill in 2018 designed to forbid commissioners from engaging in partisan political activity. According to the Union...

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...

School officials speak out against voucher system

Hampton and Dover were the latest school boards to vote against SB 193, the bill that would create a statewide voucher bill, according to...