Tag: DOE Commissioner
ELOs help to personalize learning and provide more opportunities in small rural schools
Extended Learning Opportunities allow students to earn class credit and meet learning competencies through personalized experiences that often take place outside of the classroom. As...
NH’s innovative assessment inspires others to explore testing alternatives
New Hampshire's innovative assessment, known as PACE (Performance Assessment of Competency Education), has inspired Louisiana and Puerto Rico to pursue alternative testing methods to...
Concerns around cost of voucher bill are overstated, according to leadership and Union Leader...
The House Finance subcommittee released an amended version of SB 193, the statewide voucher bill, which tightened the eligibility requirements, eliminated the stabilization grants...
Senate committee approves bill to reorganize Department of Education
The Senate Education Committee unanimously approved the Senate bill that would reorganize the Department of Education and give the Education Commissioner more authority to...
Senate bill aims to restrain commissioners
Nine New Hampshire Senators have sponsored a bill in 2018 designed to forbid commissioners from engaging in partisan political activity. According to the Union...
Concord Monitor: “Education commissioner denies he politicized job interview”
After Karin Cevasco's opinion column in yesterday's edition of the Concord Monitor about her experience interviewing for the Department of Education position to lead the state's...
My Turn: A disturbing exchange with Commissioner Edelblut
Gate City Charter School co-founder and longtime educator Karin Cevasco shared her conversation with New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut in the Concord Monitor:
"I...
Education dollars: $3m in jeopardy after audit
New Hampshire may have to repay more than $3 million to the federal government, reported the Union Leader. An audit found that the state...
N.H. Students Will Face New Standardized Test Next Spring
Next spring, New Hampshire students will be taking a new statewide assessment to replace the Smarter Balanced Assessment, reported NHPR:
Now, with the help of...
Audit Raises Concerns About Education Funding Oversight
A federal fiscal audit has found that New Hampshire needs improvement in five areas, reported the Associated Press:
The U.S. Department of Education reviewed 19...