Keno-garten funding hasn’t moved the needle for full-day programs in these...

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Last year, the state legalized Keno to increase funding for full-day kindergarten programs in a bill referred to as "Keno-garten." In previous years, districts would...

Governor announces members of School Safety Preparedness Task Force

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Governor Chris Sununu announced the members of the newly-formed Governor's School Safety Preparedness Task Force, which will be tasked with making recommendations to ensure...

Event Announcement: Understood.org IEP Binder Building Party

Understood.org, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free resources and support to parents of children with learning and attention issues is hosting an IEP...

NH Science and Math Teachers Partner for Spring Conference

The New Hampshire Science Teachers Association and New Hampshire Teachers of Mathematics are coming together for the 2018 Spring Conference on Modeling on Saturday,...

Medicaid steps up in schools where federal disability funds fall short

Medicaid contributes $4 billion to school-based programs nationwide. New Hampshire receives over $29 million from the provider to cover education-related services such as speech,...

Some Districts Lose, Others May Gain Under Recent SB 193 Amendment

SB 193, a bill that would create a statewide education savings account (ESA or voucher) program, is now in its third iteration since being...

Education funding formula could lead to lawsuit

The New Hampshire Legislature has taken a year to study the state's education funding formula, which some say creates challenging budgetary issues for the...

Concord Monitor: Current education funding model subsidizes wealthy communities

New Hampshire's education funding model is subsidizing the state's wealthiest communities by allowing them to retain the excess state taxes that they raise, according...

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...

With this innovative strategy, math students focus on learning rather than...

Sixth-grade teacher Leah Alcala doesn't use the traditional grading strategy in her math class. Instead of giving grades immediately, she highlights students' mistakes, walks through...