For years, Manchester High School’s policy required students to put phones away in class, but allowed them to be taken out in the cafeteria. Students could use headphones or earbuds while eating lunch, but only over or in one ear. Then, in 2025, lawmakers passed a law championed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte that required schools […]
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A new study comparing early education systems among the 50 states and Washington, D.C., puts New Hampshire at 48th, suggesting it has one of the worst systems in the country. Published Tuesday, the “States with the Best and Worst Early Education Systems” from WalletHub, a personal finance company, graded states based on access, quality, and […]
As New Hampshire public schools grapple with funding challenges, declining enrollments, and increasing fiscal scrutiny from voters, some metrics suggest that the schools continue to perform well nationally. On Monday, Gov. Kelly Ayotte touted the latest analysis; a study by WalletHub that used a mix of proficiency scores, graduation rates, advanced placement course takeup, attendance, […]
Rep. Michael Vose has no personal problem with the performance of his local public school administrators. “The SAU in my town does a great job,” the Epping Republican said at a hearing last year, referring to the school administrative unit. But verifying that belief, Vose says, is harder. If he or another resident wanted to […]
Five years into the state’s education freedom account program, Republican lawmakers are expressing some interest in increasing oversight and clarity over how it operates. In an April letter to the State Board of Education, a bipartisan group of lawmakers called for the board to write more specific descriptions of which programs may receive EFA funding […]
House and Senate Republican negotiators failed to bring a sweeping open enrollment bill over the finish line Thursday, after insurmountable opposition from Gov. Kelly Ayotte and a faction of House Republicans. But they did agree on a smaller proposal that could affect public school districts. In a last-minute move ahead of a 4 p.m. deadline […]
Four months after the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the arrival of House Republicans’ CHARLIE Act in January quickly drew attention. Officially named the “Countering Hate And Revolutionary Leftist Indoctrination in Education (CHARLIE) Act,” the state bill paid homage to Kirk, the conservative activist assassinated at a rally in September. And it sought to […]
New Hampshire Republicans pushing to allow children to attend any school district in the state got closer to the finish line than ever Thursday. But a handful of Republicans joined Democrats to thwart the effort, and the idea, once again, has hit a wall. After exhaustive conversation, the House failed to pass Senate Bill 101, […]
It was an audit that alerted the Claremont School Board to a $5 million financial hole last August, kicking off an all-hands scramble to save the district from possible closure. And it will be an audit that helps prevent Claremont — and every other New Hampshire public school administrative unit — from making those kinds […]
It’s been a reality evident to homeowners for decades: New Hampshire public services are overwhelmingly driven by property taxes. Now, a new analysis by the New Hampshire Fiscal Policy Institute has quantified that dependency. In 2022, New Hampshire cities and towns relied on property taxes for 61% of their total revenues, the highest proportion of […]