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If approved, NH would require anti-abortion videos in public schools
02-09-2025 4:31 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

A trio of proposed laws would require public school health educators to show students starting in sixth grade a series of videos created by an anti-abortion organization that depict abortion procedures and fetal gestation.

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Ayotte’s special education funding increase viewed as ‘step in the right direction’
02-14-2025 10:30 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Leaders of school districts hammered by the rising costs of special education services reacted with muted optimism to the news that Governor Kelly Ayotte plans to increase a component of state funding for special education by nearly 50%.


Kearsarge Regional schools has ‘adjusted practices’ following Trump transgender sports order
02-10-2025 10:31 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

An executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Wednesday aimed at barring transgender girls and women from participating on female sports teams has already had a tangible effect on at least one local school district.


‘Life-changing’: Legislature weighs taking more from business taxes to nearly double base adequacy aid for education
01-25-2025 5:31 PM

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Hopkinton Rep. David Luneau wants to nearly double New Hampshire’s contribution to public education.


Editorial: Is Vermont primed to overhaul its schools?
01-17-2025 10:01 PM

All elections have consequences, but some are more consequential than others. Such might be the case with the tax revolt last fall that upended the political order in Montpelier and brought an influx of Republican legislators to the Statehouse. It potentially created the conditions for a major overhaul of K-12 public education in Vermont.


Report: UNH likely violated students’ rights during protest arrests last spring
01-17-2025 6:31 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The police response to a pro-Palestine protest at the University of New Hampshire last spring that ended in a dozen arrests likely violated students’ free speech rights and should be investigated by an independent body, a university working group concluded this week.


UNH police chief criticized for protest response to take job in Ayotte administration
01-08-2025 6:01 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Longtime University of New Hampshire Police Chief Paul Dean, under scrutiny for his role in the response to a pro-Palestine protest last May, will leave the university to become incoming Governor Kelly Ayotte’s director of citizen services.


Kearsarge voters overwhelmingly reject proposed school budget cap
01-07-2025 10:01 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

More than 1,400 residents flooded Kearsarge Regional High School on Saturday morning to prevent their school district from becoming the next Croydon or Pembroke.In a show of rousing support for public education, voters soundly defeated a proposal that...


Sharon School Board considers different option for building project
01-06-2025 7:33 PM

SHARON — The School Board has scheduled three meetings in January to address the school budget and a possible bond vote in March for school facilities improvements. The board announced Thursday that it is considering a possible renovation project for...


Bow schools cite ‘hostile’ environment, outside activists in continued opposition to sports protests
01-03-2025 4:31 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Protests from outsiders and potential harm to students are driving the Bow School District’s continuing efforts to prevent parents from resuming pink armband demonstrations against transgender athletes, according to documents filed in a federal court...


Why do so many students leave New Hampshire to go to college?
12-22-2024 10:01 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Merrimack Valley High School senior Keighen Duppong knows attending the University of New Hampshire would likely cost thousands of dollars less per year than most of the schools on his college list.Duppong, who plans to study applied physics, has sent...


Dartmouth child care center employees vote to join union
12-20-2024 6:01 PM

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

HANOVER — Dartmouth College Child Care Center employees voted to unionize this week, a little more than a week after the college announced it had dropped plans to pursue partnering with a for-profit child care provider to operate the center.On...


Mountain Views school board restores budget for arts positions
12-17-2024 6:30 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

WOODSTOCK — A divided Mountain Views School Board voted 8-7 at a special meeting Monday night to restore all of the unified arts positions eliminated in an initial budget proposal first presented to the board last month. The original proposal...


White River Valley principal announces plan to retire
12-17-2024 6:01 PM

By EMMA ROTH-WELLS

SOUTH ROYALTON — After more than three decades as an educator in the Upper Valley, the principal of White River Valley High School has announced plans to retire at the end of the current school year.Jeff Thomas, 59, sent his letter of resignation to...


Tracking EFAs: A quarter of all Education Freedom Account tuition dollars went to five Christian schools, Monitor analysis finds
12-09-2024 5:01 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s note: Tracking EFAs is a new occasional Monitor series that will examine New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program from multiple perspectives over the coming months.The vast majority of money from New Hampshire’s four-year-old school...


Amid confusion on transgender sports law, Kearsarge has yet to face legal challenge
12-09-2024 3:35 PM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Kearsarge Regional School District has yet to face any legal consequences for declining to comply with a new state law barring transgender girls from participating on girls’ sports teams, according to Superintendent John Fortney’s response to a...


In eagerly anticipated ‘Dec. 1 letter,’ Vermont’s tax department projects 5.9% property tax increase next year
12-03-2024 2:40 PM

By ETHAN WEINSTEIN

Vermonters can expect a 5.9% average increase in education property taxes next year absent major changes, according to a forecast from the Vermont Department of Taxes.The news arrived Monday in the form of the “Dec. 1 letter,” an annual projection...


Upper Valley school notes for Monday, Nov. 25, 2024
11-24-2024 4:00 PM

Secondary accomplishmentsThe following Lebanon High School 10th graders were named to the highest honors list for the first quarter: Cathryn Bachelder; Finn Danaher; Ian Danen-Lucier; Amy Dixon-Vestal; Charles Ferland; Emily Groves; Mason Gailey;...


In federal court, NH parents say pink armbands are ‘legal passive speech,’ school district says it’s harassment
11-23-2024 3:31 PM

By SRUTHI GOPALAKRISHNAN

Kyle Fellers, one of the Bow, N.H., parents suing the school district over its handling of a silent protest against transgender girls in sports, described gender inclusion policies that infringe on  female protections in educational settings as an...


NH education freedom account program grows by over a quarter
11-21-2024 11:01 AM

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Participation in New Hampshire’s education freedom account program has risen 26% since the beginning of last school year, according to recently released Department of Education data.A total of 5,321 students have enrolled in the program as it enters...


Hartford School Board proceeds with superintendent search
11-14-2024 7:30 PM

By CHRISTINA DOLAN

HARTFORD — The School Board voted Wednesday to proceed with a search for a new superintendent with the goal of inking a contract by late March. The vote was 4-0 in favor of going forward. Board member Nancy Russell was absent.The search is being...

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