Weekly Legislative Update: House and Senate to hold hearings to repeal...
This week, the House and Senate Education Committees will hold public hearings on bills to repeal the statewide school voucher program. Lawmakers rolled the...
Weekly Legislative Update: State Board votes to limit remote learning, lawmakers...
It was a busy week in Concord last week: concurrent House and Senate public hearings with executive sessions mixed in, and a State Board...
NH Education News Digest, January 2022
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Happy New Year! Here at Reaching Higher NH, we are eager to dive into another year of work providing policy makers,...
7 Key Ed Policy Trends to Watch in 2022
The new legislative session is starting off in full force. Both the House and Senate’s Education Committees have public hearings scheduled through the month...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In Praise of Instincts
There's a place for gut-level decisions on the postsecondary journey
When my younger daughter, Katie, was little, she often froze or panicked over big decisions...
Amendment to “extraordinary need” grant bill would increase special education funding,...
On Monday, April 11, House Education Chair Rick Ladd (R-Haverhill) introduced three amendments to Senate Bill (SB) 420 that would increase state funding for...
