Community colleges will use ‘second-chance Pell grants’ to create opportunities for...
Two NH Community Colleges, NHTI and White Mountains Community College, have been chosen as experimental sites to utilize Pell grants to support educating incarcerated individuals....
Reaching Higher and partners release survey measuring school staff and educator...
Update, April 18, 2023: This survey has closed. Thank you to all those who completed the survey. Your input will inform critical conversations around...
‘Coalition builder’ Jennifer Gillis named superintendent of Manchester School District
Longtime Manchester educator and interim superintendent Jennifer Gillis has been appointed superintendent of the Manchester School District, effective immediately, the Union Leader reported last...
When less is more: How one small NH school is embracing...
The students in Lori Palmer’s 4th- and 5th-grade math class at Freedom Elementary School are up to something big, tiny as it may look.
For...
House passes school funding bill, teacher workforce study group; tables school...
The NH House of Representatives passed several bills during a two-day session May 4 and 5 including SB 420, creating a $25 million extraordinary...
Four schools honored as 2022 ‘Schools of Excellence’
Four schools have earned the distinction of 2022 NH Schools of Excellence, the New Hampshire Excellence in Education (EDies) Board announced this week:
Manchester’s Highland-Goffe’s...
NH Education News Digest, May 2022: Special Higher Education Edition
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
May is an exciting month on the college-and-career pathway. Many high school seniors have just made the momentous decision about what...
House committee revives school budget cap bill
The House Municipal and County Government Committee recommended adding HB 1393, the bill that would have allowed school district voters to impose a school...
Youth Retention Initiative webinar emphasizes inclusive narratives, collaboration
Ensuring all New Hampshire young people find meaningful postsecondary pathways starts with adopting inclusive language, Reaching Higher’s Nicole Heimarck explained during an April 12...
WEBINAR: Budget and Tax Caps in New Hampshire
Our policy Director, Christina Pretorius, was joined by Zack Sheehan, Project Director of the New Hampshire School Funding Fairness Project, to provide an overview...
