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By RHIANWEN WATKINS
Long-awaited updates to New Hampshire’s education minimum standards for schools, otherwise known as the 306s, are being voted on this Thursday by the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, known as JLCAR.On Aug. 14, the State Board of...
By RHIANWEN WATKINS
David Scanlan has served as New Hampshire secretary of state since January 2022. In that job he oversees all aspects of state elections. He served as deputy secretary of state for 20 years before assuming his latest role.Q: What is your role as...
By PATRICK ADRIAN
The state Department of Education is drawing criticism again from educators and some lawmakers for renewing its partnership with PragerU, a conservative media nonprofit, to provide online instruction to students for high school credit.In addition to...
By SUSAN GEIER
Americans are not as far apart on issues as we think we are.During what seems like high political polarization, there is research that shows what we believe isn’t reality.It’s called the “perception gap,” said Kate Carney, chief of staff at More in...
By SUSAN GEIER
More New Hampshire families that don’t qualify as low-income are receiving publicly funded school vouchers to pay for private, religious and homeschooling expenses through the state’s Education Freedom Account program.The information, based on data...
By SUSAN GEIER
Sometime next spring, the public will get to see a performance audit of the N.H. Department of Education’s oversight of the Education Freedom Account program, which gives millions of tax dollars to eligible families to spend on private, parochial and...
By SARAH DONOVAN
New Hampshire legislators and public education advocates say they’re increasingly concerned that financial information about the state’s Education Freedom Account program is being hidden from public view.Since its inception in 2021, the...
By RHIANWEN WATKINS
Work release programs have been phased out at New Hampshire's county jails, the result of a shift in the criminal justice system that has reduced the number of eligible prisoners.As incarceration rates for lower-level offenses have dwindled, jails...
By RHIANWEN WATKINS
The Laconia Daily Sun is continuing to press its right-to-know case against the Laconia School Board, contending the state right-to-know ombudsman’s office wrongly ruled in favor of the school board, and pushing for reconsideration of the ruling.The...
By MARK QUIRK
On Feb. 1, early in the 2024 legislative session, the N.H. House of Representatives rejected House Bill 1520 by a slim 193-184 vote. The bill was aimed at reviving the state’s long-dormant Wheels to Work initiative.The program had been sustained for...
By RHIANWEN WATKINS
The N.H. Department of Education’s proposed update of minimum standards for public education is drawing significant backlash from the public, at least according to the overwhelming opposition contained in over 200 written comments sent to the...
By KELLY BURCH
Earlier this year at Franklin High School, a group of cheerleaders got together to present their physics project. But there was no PowerPoint or test papers. Instead, the girls used cheerleading and stunting to demonstrate principles of the...
By KELLY BURCH
As decades of litigation centered on funding an adequate education for Granite State children linger on, New Hampshire lawmakers still have not addressed a potential solution outlined by a bipartisan commission they established over three years...
By KELLY BURCH
The N.H. Department of Education’s proposed revisions in New Hampshire’s minimum standards for public schools may violate the state constitution. That’s according to written feedback on the standards, known as the 306s, provided by the Office of...
By MICHAEL McCORD
Joan Cudworth had a burst of show-and-tell inspiration in the summer of 2018.Cudworth, who was then solid waste supervisor for the town of Hollis, came to the select board meeting with a partial solution to tackle the rising costs of trash disposal....
By KELLY BURCH
After an hour-long public conversation with the commissioner of the N.H. Department of Education, school board members in Manchester – the state’s largest school district – remained frustrated by a lack of clear answers and unconvinced that proposed...
By RHIANWEN WATKINS
New Hampshire’s state funding of public schools is the lowest in the nation, despite the state Constitution requiring the state government to finance an adequate education for every child.The arguments over state school funding have raged in the...
By RHIANWEN WATKINS
Teachers, school superintendents and members of the public are criticizing the State Board of Education’s proposal for updating minimum standards for public schools, saying it would weaken education and reduce state funding, forcing taxpayers to...
Kylie Valluzzi
Emissions from motor vehicles are the single largest source of greenhouse emissions in New Hampshire, according to the 2024 Priority Climate Action Plan.Yet New Hampshire, unlike every other New England state, has not adopted California’s...
By RHIANWEN WATKINS
Lisa Morales of Keene finally received her housing voucher after 18 months of waiting — a relatively short time compared to the sometimes years-long process others face in obtaining one. Waiting was not the main issue she encountered, however —...
By ANTHONY TONE PAYTON
Healthcare professionals, first responders and community workers are at the forefront of dealing with the opioid epidemic, facing challenges and responsibilities as they strive to save lives, provide care and address the devastating consequences of...
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