Search Results

Keyword search: Education NH

By ALEXANDER RAPP

Parker Tirrell went down after a hard foul in front of goal in the second half of a girls soccer scrimmage on Tuesday night, and she drew a much-needed penalty for her team while down 1-0.Tirrell played for Plymouth Regional High School in a friendly...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Last fall, high school teacher Penny Culliton received a notice from the New Hampshire Department of Education that appeared to expand the scope of a parental notification law passed in 2017. The department’s initial advisory to schools had said that...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A University of New Hampshire prosecutor on Tuesday dropped criminal charges against at least four of the people arrested during a May 1 pro-Palestine protest after they reportedly accepted plea agreements.The four cases were dismissed nearly three...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Tuition at New Hampshire’s seven community colleges will not increase this coming school year, the Community College System of New Hampshire announced Thursday.Since 2018, a full community college course load has cost $6,450 per year or $215 per...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A group of at least 11 students plans to sue the University of New Hampshire and Gov. Chris Sununu for violating their civil rights during a May 1 pro-Palestine protest in which 11 students were arrested.An intent-to-sue letter is set to be sent last...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A day before a pro-Palestine protest at the University of New Hampshire earlier this month, a staff member in the university’s Office of Student Life passed on to administrators that he got word of a “plan to engage in encampment,” according to an...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The University of New Hampshire’s Faculty Senate passed a resolution Monday calling on the university to conduct an investigation of its police response to a May 1 pro-Palestine protest. The resolution came 12 days after UNH police arrested a dozen...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Five days after police arrested 12 pro-Palestinian protesters at the University of New Hampshire, students and faculty called for the resignation of university Police Chief Paul Dean after they say he assaulted a student while responding to last...

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 SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

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 asking...

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

For students at Hollis Primary School, diverting food waste from landfills is no difficult task. As many towns in New Hampshire struggle to get their residents to divert food waste, a program that was started through a grant fund at the school has...

By ETHAN DeWITT

Editor’s Note: This story was first published on New Hampshire Bulletin.New Hampshire public schools opened this school year with 1,845 fewer kids than they did last year — a 1.1% drop. But when it comes to the state’s enrollment trends, the change...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Marianne Barter struggled with the decision to keep Merrimack Valley Day Care closed for a snow day several weeks ago.After all, many of her parents work in the medical field and in nursing homes and still require childcare, even during inclement...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

CONCORD — Social studies teacher Jennifer Given told state lawmakers Thursday that when she teaches history classes at Hollis-Brookline High School, she strives to offer a global perspective that includes lessons about slavery. She teaches students...

By ETHAN DeWITT

Editor’s Note: This story was first published on New Hampshire Bulletin.Reports of bullying in New Hampshire schools plummeted in the 2020-21 school year as most schools entered remote learning, according to recent numbers from the state Department of...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

Just one year after New Hampshire legislators first introduced a bill that banned the teaching or discussion of “divisive concepts” like systemic racism, another bill will be debated this legislative session that would take those restrictions...

By CASSIDY JENSEN

CONCORD — The state’s second-largest teachers union has called on state Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut to resign after the department created a webpage that makes it easier for parents and students to report teachers for alleged discrimination...

By ETHAN DeWITT

Editor’s Note: This story was first published on New Hampshire Bulletin.CONCORD — School administrators and teachers appeared before the State Board of Education on Wednesday to voice opposition to a proposed rule that would prevent school districts...

By TEDDY ROSENBLUTH

CONCORD — Infectious disease control experts say the case of tuberculosis at Concord High School is a “likely low-risk event,” made even less risky by the school’s COVID-19 precautions.Interim superintendent Kathleen Murphy notified families Wednesday...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

CROYDON — Dennis and Kathy Griffin’s grandson Clayton, a seventh grader at Mount Royal Academy in Sunapee, has been attending the Catholic pre-K-12 school for the past seven years. But this is the first year that tax dollars will be contributing to...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

CONCORD — Gov. Chris Sununu signed a new bill into law this week that allowing students to eat school lunch leftovers over the weekend, aiming to address food waste and childhood hunger.The bill allows school districts to partner with a nonprofit...