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By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

The U.S. Department of Justice will look into a Bow case after a federal judge sided with the local school district in a dispute over free speech and transgender athlete participation in school sports, according to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

At Harold Martin School in Hopkinton, Wednesday mornings don’t usually begin with the morning routines — they start with an impromptu dance party.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A series of longstanding financial missteps combined to cause the Merrimack Valley School District to unknowingly spend roughly $2 million it didn’t have last year, superintendent Randy Wormald said this week.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS andCHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The New Hampshire Senate split from the House Thursday when it scuttled a controversial bill that would allow students to enroll in any public school in the state.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A federal judge in New Hampshire ordered the Department of Homeland Security to maintain the legal status of an international student who is pursuing a Ph.D. at Dartmouth College.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

The vast majority of state funding to the state’s University System is used to lower tuition for in-state students, which is as high as $15,520 this year at the UNH Durham campus.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

As Lisa Walker shepherded the Monadnock Regional School District through a pandemic reopening plan in the summer of 2020, she received a pair of emails within minutes of each other.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify that students will not be able to enroll in courses at other high schools if the same course is already offered by their home school, as one administrator said.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Kathleen Murphy, the superintendent of the Concord School District, faced a choice.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Starting next year, New Hampshire may allow all students to attend any public school in the state that has space for them.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The federal government agreed Wednesday to temporarily hold off on investigating school districts that have yet to comply with a directive barring them from engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s note: Due to an editing error, this story incorrectly stated that Xiaotian Liu’s visa had been revoked. In fact, it was his F-1 immigration status in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System that was revoked. Lawyers for Liu said Wednesday that they are unaware of the status of his visa.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Lawyer Charles Moerdler argued in a federal appeals court that New Hampshire’s so-called “divisive concepts” law could bar him from teaching about being a survivor of the Holocaust.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security terminated the legal status of two non-U.S. citizens affiliated with Dartmouth College last week, college spokesperson Jana Barnello confirmed.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Merrimack Valley School Board experienced its third resignation in less than six months.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Amy Doyle, an experienced educator and administrator, is returning to the Hopkinton School District — this time as its next superintendent.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A federal judge has ordered an emergency hearing on a request by New Hampshire’s largest teachers’ union to block the Trump administration from forcing every school district to attest they are following anti-discrimination laws.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Plagued by rising special education costs, area school districts are considering joining forces to form a new special education school or centralize their services in other ways, according to several area administrators.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

In the locker room of the Concord YMCA some thirty-five years ago, a member of Andru Volinksy’s running group approached him with a proposition: How would he like to join a trial team being assembled to sue the state of New Hampshire?

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Republican politicians are pushing forward three different plans for expanding New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program.

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Hopkinton is preparing for two major departures this year as town administrator Neal Cass and school superintendent Michael Flynn get ready to move on.