Education
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Op-ed: New Hampshire Education Under Fire
Just a few weeks ago, the New Hampshire Senate voted to pass a bill enabling widespread book bans throughout the state. The House has continued attempting to increase the income cap to use school vouchers or even remove it entirely. All while students and teachers suffer as a result. From pre-K to college, New Hampshire…
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‘Breaks my heart’: NH mom looks forward to summer food assistance program for her son
If SB 499, also known as the “anti-hunger” bill is signed into law, it would help thousands of NH kids, including Owen Sefton during the summer.
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VIDEO: NH Senate Expands School Voucher Program
Republicans on the New Hampshire State Senate voted to dramatically expand the state’s school voucher program that gives taxpayer money to private and religious schools. We spoke to Senator Debra Altschiller to get her take on what this means for Granite Staters. @granitepost This week Republicans on the New Hampshire State Senate voted to dramatically…
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NH federal court strikes down classroom censorship teaching law
In his decision, Judge Paul Barbadoro held that the law, known by opponents as the “divisive concepts” or “banned concepts” law, violated teachers’ 14th Amendment rights because it is too vague for them to follow. “The Amendments are viewpoint-based restrictions on speech that do not provide either fair warning to educators of what they prohibit or…
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VIDEO: Electric School Buses are Coming to NH!
🚌 The wheels on the bus … well, you know that song. Under President Biden’s plan for building better school infrastructure, two NH school districts were awarded grants under the Clean School Bus Program to add electric school buses to their fleets. While the buses have yet to come to Rumney School District, four were…
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These New Hampshire Public Schools are the top in the country
New Hampshire ranked 13th in the country for having the best high schools, according to U.S. News and World Report’s 2024 Best High Schools list. And while the state’s ranking slipped from being ninth in 2018, more than two dozen schools made it in the top 25% in the country. Ninety-three schools across 88 districts…
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Education Commissioner blasted for injecting culture wars into New Hampshire schools
The presidents of New Hampshire’s largest teachers unions had scathing feedback for embattled New Hampshire education commissioner Frank Edelblut this week after his response to a bombshell NHPR report that documented his efforts to steer the department toward political culture war fights.
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Biden cancels student loan debt for 910 more Granite Staters
Friday’s announcement is just the latest round of student debt cancellation enacted by the Biden administration, which has approved relief for more than 4.3 million people so far, including 11,160 people in New Hampshire.
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Biden unveils new plan for student debt relief
The president’s plan builds on existing debt cancellation efforts and would extend loan relief to more than 30 million borrowers.
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Op-ed: New Hampshire Students Deserve a Qualified Commissioner of Education
Op-ed: New Hampshire Students Deserve a Qualified Commissioner of Education Would you get surgery from a doctor who had never been to medical school, or get your house rewired by an electrician without a license, or trust your mechanic to do your taxes? I wouldn’t. Like you, I understand that professional training and direct work…
