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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Empowerment, sadness and joy swept over Niyanta Nepal when Brown University’s administration announced their intention to deliberate and vote on divesting from companies connected to Israel’s military actions in Gaza.“We have the power to really...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Three years ago, Rep. Jonah Wheeler was finishing his senior year at ConVal Regional High School in Peterborough. Ten minutes down the road, his friends in Jaffrey were wrapping up theirs at Conant Middle High School. While Wheeler received  “good...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

In the latest hearing for a proposed ban on transgender athletes under consideration in New Hampshire’s State House, Pembroke resident and retired physician Jennifer Smith expressed a more nuanced position than most on the divisive issue.While...

By MEGAN TUTTLE

Megan Tuttle is the president of NEA-New Hampshire. As a mom, I want strong schools for my three boys. As an educator, I want all Granite State students to have access to high-quality educational opportunities, regardless of their zip code. As the...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Christa McAuliffe boarded the Challenger space shuttle on Jan. 28, 1986, she planned to broadcast two lessons from space into thousands of American classrooms.The first – called "The Ultimate Field Trip" – would have involved a tour of the space...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A bill that would require educators to answer parents’ questions about their children “completely and honestly” will move forward in the New Hampshire House without a recommendation from its Education Committee.On Tuesday – a day after the committee...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A week after a federal appeals court ruled a transgender sports ban in West Virginia was discriminatory, more than a dozen transgender girls, parents, educators and advocates in New Hampshire argued that a similar ban under consideration in New...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

At a parent-teacher conference a decade ago, Tina Kim Philibotte learned her child was gay.The disclosure took Philibotte – a self-described progressive and now one of four public school diversity, equity, inclusion and justice administrators in New...

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

In his first year at the helm, NHTI President Patrick Tompkins focused on learning everything he could about the school.One thing especially stuck out: “Concord loves this college. I’ve never been in a community that loves its college as much as...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Cordelia Dubois, a first grader at Abbot-Downing School in Concord, was unhappy when her mother told her some of the social and emotional learning classes that she enjoys might be coming to an end.So she took center stage at a hearing for House Bill...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The rhythmic sounds of music from different countries blended with the aroma of French pastries and homemade beef empanadas at Bow High School, transforming the school’s halls into a global street festival of sorts.Among a colorful display of national...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

In the continuing fight against the “divisive concepts” law restricting how New Hampshire educators discuss topics such as race, gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms, was back before a federal judge on Tuesday.The plaintiffs were...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Federal college loan forgiveness is an effective tool to reward workers who choose public service professions that are struggling to hire qualified candidates, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona.“We need to make sure that we’re making the...

By JANET WARD

Janet Ward lives in Contoocook. On April 25, the NH Senate Education Committee heard testimony regarding HB 367 and HB 464. Both bills propose the expansion of funding for Education Freedom Accounts, New Hampshire’s school voucher program. This...

By SARAH GIBSON

Mackenzie Verdiner goes to one of the most diverse schools in New Hampshire, Manchester’s West High School. Students there speak about 50 different languages.“If I grab a fistful of kids randomly, it would be a different color on each finger — it’s...

By DEVIN McDONALD

Devin McDonald is a junior at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire. Founder of The Medusa Project, McDonald has devoted much of her time outside of classes over the last several years to researching the connections between women in antiquity...

Weare Middle School and Center Woods Upper Elementary School will have a new principal next year. SAU 24 Superintendent Jacqueline Coe announced last month that Jon Barry will become the new principal of the school, effective July 1.Barry will be...

By ROBERTA BAKER

Noah Lira took his job as a social studies teacher at Franklin High School to spark enthusiasm for subjects he loves, and to make a difference. Then COVID-19 hijacked the world, taking education with it.After 18 months of remote and hybrid learning,...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Former Concord High School teacher Joshua Harwood will be incarcerated for more than three years for soliciting sexual acts from a former student, a judge decided Tuesday.Harwood, 38, who taught business classes at Concord High School for several...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

As schools across the country are seeing an increase in behavior problems associated with social media “challenges” that encourage theft, vandalism and sometimes even violence, New Hampshire educators are expressing concern over the negative impact of...