From healthcare worker crisis, new opportunities and pathways emerge

Matthew McDonald was a first-year nursing student at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, when COVID-19 made its appearance. The frightening and...

As halfway point approaches, lawmakers shift focus to school budget caps,...

Lawmakers are quickly approaching the halfway point known as “crossover day,” when all of the active House bills move to the Senate and vice...

NH Education News Digest, March 2022

Dear Friends and Colleagues,  Like the weather in March, the education climate has experienced dramatic ups and downs over the past month. An assortment of...

House Education Committee stops NH DOE effort to remove core academic...

On Tuesday, March 8, the House Education Committee amended House Bill (HB) 1671 to preserve the state’s laws around the content and requirements for...

NH lawmakers put AP designation at risk with divisive concepts law,...

The College Board, which administers the SAT college entrance exam and Advanced Placement courses in high schools nationwide, announced last week in a new statement of...

Legislative oversight committee votes to approve school voucher and remote learning...

The Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (JLCAR), the state’s administrative oversight committee, voted to approve two sets of education rules on Friday, February...

Join the NH Education Network on February 22 for a close-up...

The NH Education Network will meet on Tuesday, January 22, at 3:30 p.m., for a webinar about the state of school funding in NH! This meeting...

HB 1671 would cut core knowledge domains, eliminate art, world language,...

On Tuesday, February 15, NH Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut and Representative Rick Ladd (R-Haverhill) introduced to the House Education Committee House Bill (HB) 1671,...

CTE legislation promotes access through calendar alignment, embedded credits

CTE leaders helped shape bill's content On Wednesday, February 9, lawmakers are scheduled to vote on a bill that aims to expand Career and Technical...

NH Education News Digest, February 2022

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Dear Friends and Colleagues, Reaching Higher NH believes that every child deserves a high-quality, rigorous, and just public education. However, we’re seeing an unprecedented effort...