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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Spotlight on school boards: Why they matter, what they do, and...

A school is the heart of its community: preparing its citizens for the future, providing the town a sense of identity, and bringing people...