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By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Under Gabriel Reynolds’ bed in his dorm at New England College, three white signs with black Sharpie letters are tucked away.One reads, “to take away our 26th amendment, you’ll have to take away our 2nd.” Another says, “no forever war in Mexico.” And...

By KELLY BURCH

There’s no tongue in Fred Bramante’s cheek when he calls himself the father of the competency-based learning movement.“I want to destabilize the 20th-century system,” he said. “I want to disrupt it. That has been my goal since 2003 when we first...

By KELLY BURCH

In the Epping school district, students learn with other children who are at the same learning level as them, even if those students are in another grade. A kindergartner who is an avid reader might go to a second-grade classroom for reading...

By MEGAN TUTTLE

Megan Tuttle is president of NEA-New Hampshire. While for most people the fall signals the beginning of the final months of the year, for educators it signals the beginning of a new year.Seniors who graduated in the spring might be college-bound or...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With an umbrella in hand, Marcy Kelley welcomed students as parents dropped their children off in the parking lot of Bow Elementary School.After the first bell rang, she walked the halls of the building greeting staff and checked in on classrooms to...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

With the start of the school year just days away, school districts are still racing to complete their hiring for teaching and support staff positions.The school district that covers Weare, Henniker and Stoddard has at least four vacant teacher...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

As the school year kicks off, Franklin is struggling to fill teacher vacancies, putting a strain on resources and prompting a shift in education.At the high school, crucial math and science courses have been sidelined due to the unavailability of two...

By JACQUELINE COLE

A conventional high school experience — large cafeterias and classroom lectures combined with a healthy dose of social pressure – is not for everyone.A total of 27 students left Concord High School in 2023 and 16 were considered dropouts out of about...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When Anthony Poore thinks about ways to retain young people, especially people of color in New Hampshire, he knows no single solution exists. But as he breaks it down into smaller pieces, he considers the lived experiences of his two daughters.His...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When President Joe Biden announced plans to forgive student loan debt last fall, nearly 200,000 New Hampshire borrowers could have been eligible for repayment relief. But the promise was short-lived. Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the...

By CARISA CORROW

Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. Ethan DeWitt’s recent article in the New Hampshire Bulletin highlighted for me how much folks misunderstand competency-based...

By SARAH ROBINSON

Sarah Robinson is the education justice campaign director for Granite State Progress. When I was in elementary school, my art teacher introduced me to oil pastels. I had never used them before. When I felt it glide smoothly across the surface of the...

By ETHAN DEWITT

New Hampshire will extend a program this summer to train educators to teach chess in schools, seizing on what officials say is an increased interest in the game among students. On Wednesday, the Executive Council approved a $60,000 federally funded...

By NINA MOSKE 

With its history atop the primary election calendar, New Hampshire is often revered for its civically engaged citizens. A recent University of New Hampshire study found that the state ranked fifth in the nation in voting in the 2016 election,...

By GEOFF FORESTER

The Sycamore Community Garden in Concord is growing in more ways than one.Besides the plants taking root in the warming soil, garden manager Kaylin Lustig created a new plot for education and programming on the north side of the garden area near...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Eleana Colby, a newly elected Bow select board member and parent of five children, left a community listening session on possible changes to the state’s minimum standards for education last week feeling disappointed as it fell short of expectations.“I...

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

When it came time for a teenager to learn to drive, consider what it would be like if they were reluctant to even get in the car.Then, when they finally got behind the wheel, these drivers quickly became overwhelmed by a winding road, riddled with...

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 CARISA CORROW

Carisa Corrow of Penacook is co-author of “126 Falsehoods We Believe About Education” and founder of Educating for Good. For many years, science and math teachers have been in short supply, not just in New Hampshire, but nationwide. At the same time,...

By CLAUDIA ISTEL

Claudia Istel of Acworth is a retired public high school teacher and adjunct at River Valley Community College. As a retired public regional high school teacher for 30 years and living in the district where I taught, I have seen firsthand how our...