NH Education News Digest, October 2022

Dear Friends and Colleagues:  We all know that teaching is much more than a profession. Teachers shape our lives in profound and lasting ways and...

Fair and competitive pay is critical to a strong teaching workforce,...

Fair and competitive teacher compensation is a critical part of ensuring that schools can attract and retain qualified and well-prepared teachers, Reaching Higher NH...

WEBINAR: Drafted without public input, proposed changes to public school standards...

On Wednesday, August 31, Reaching Higher NH presented a briefing to the New Hampshire Education Network (NHEN) on proposed rule changes to the Minimum...

Proposed standards could remove student protections, strip local control, and open...

A draft document obtained by Reaching Higher NH indicates that the state is considering sweeping changes to New Hampshire's Minimum Standards for Public School...

Meet our team: Kayla Provencher stays focused on students

Kayla Provencher, Reaching Higher’s Public Policy Researcher, has been a student almost her whole life, finishing grad school just this past spring. She experienced...

‘I didn’t know these doors were open to me.’ Schools promoting...

Heading into the 2020-2021 school year, Stacey Kallelis was facing the unfortunate task of telling several of her students who were working toward criminal...

NH Education News Digest, Summer 2022

Dear Friends and Colleagues:  Let’s face it: Summer never seems to deliver that languid, laid-back pace many of us remember from childhood and dream of...

Middle schoolers get a glimpse of career and technical education pathways...

Faith Lanzillo was not surprised by the shrugs and blank stares she received from her middle school audience when she asked what they knew...

‘Claremont’ podcast series offers context for current school funding lawsuits, debates

A new school funding lawsuit was filed last month and a second one is scheduled for trial early next year -- but the issues...

Education funding a top issue in upcoming election, according to Citizens...

State funding for public schools and school voucher programs are among the top issues Granite Staters want candidates to address in the 2022 election,...