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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Leaders of school districts hammered by the rising costs of special education services reacted with muted optimism to the news that Gov. Kelly Ayotte plans to increase a component of state funding for special education by nearly 50%.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The legal battle over New Hampshire’s transgender sports ban is expanding to challenge President Donald Trump’s executive orders preventing transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Editor’s Note: Comments made by Bow school board members Melynie Klunk and Jenna Reardon were incorrectly attributed in the original version of the article. Quotes from Reardon and Klunk have been changed to reflect their correct attribution.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

State Rep. Dan McGuire testified Monday that a meeting with Epsom School District administrators was the genesis for a bill that would eliminate multiple subjects from a list of requirements for public schools.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday aimed at barring transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams has already had a tangible effect on at least one local school district.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley School Board Chair Tracy Bricchi accused some district residents of “border[ing] on libel” at the conclusion of a contentious budget hearing Tuesday that saw some attendees call out the board and its administrators for what they described as a lack of transparency and accountability.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A trio of proposed laws would require public school health educators to show students starting in sixth grade a series of videos created by a pro-life organization that depict abortion procedures and fetal gestation.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

New Hampshire students showed marginal academic improvement in most subjects over the last two years, but their scores continue to trail those seen immediately before the pandemic, according to data released last week by the National Assessment of Education Progress.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Drivers who passed Epsom Central School on any of the last few Fridays may have noticed a roaring fire burning as students trotted around in snowshoes and slid down a hill in little plastic saucers.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s note: This story was updated on Friday morning to note that the minutes for one of the meetings described were updated following this story’s publication.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Presenting a school budget is a typically staid, number-laden affair. 

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Claire Ketteler was growing frustrated. 

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hopkinton Rep. David Luneau wants to nearly double New Hampshire’s contribution to public education.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord mother Wendy Santiago said that when her son, Noah, attended a public charter school in the area, he sometimes came home with ripped pants and injuries from bullying.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The police response to a pro-Palestine protest at the University of New Hampshire last spring that ended in a dozen arrests likely violated students’ free speech rights and should be investigated by an independent body, a university working group concluded this week.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Epsom voters will decide in March whether to approve a proposed cap that would likely reduce the school district’s budget by about 10%.

By DEB HOWES

Deb Howes is president of AFT-New Hampshire, a professional union representing public school educators.

By RACHEL WACHMAN

Parents and advocates gathered alongside students at a rally in support of special education funding outside the State House with many more students and educators participating from their classrooms via Zoom. They say the state shouldn't downshift costs to the local level, which would continue to squeeze these badly needed, and legally-requires services. 

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Merrimack Valley School District exceeded its approved budget by more than $2 million last school year, the superintendent acknowledged this week, more than two months after district administrators became aware of the full extent of the shortfall.

By CATHERINE McLAUGHLIN

Barb Higgins wants her fellow school board members to stop delaying the inevitable. The Concord Board of Education has been weighing the location of the new middle school should go to a public vote, either in the spring or the fall, or to simply work...