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Educational Opportunities and Performance in New Hampshire
This Quality Counts 2020 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
Federal
Betsy DeVos Gave a State Charter School Grants. Lawmakers Have Said No Thanks, Twice
It's pretty obvious by now that many Democrats are growing increasingly uncomfortable supporting charter schools. But New Hampshire lawmakers have taken the unusual step of rejecting federal charter school grant money.
States
New Hampshire Ranks Fifth on Quality Counts Annual Report Card
The state, which earned a B, topped the nation in family income and was third-highest in parental education levels, both factors that can affect the educational environment, but was near the bottom nationally on funding equity.
School & District Management
'Nobody Learns It in a Day': Creating Trauma-Sensitive Schools
With little research to guide them and a growing sense of urgency, schools are creating learning environments for students in stress.
Federal
How Charters Could Factor in 2020's Democratic Primary
Charter schools are playing a notable role in remarks about education from candidates like Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Yet it's not clear what if any role they'll have in important states like Iowa and New Hampshire.
Federal
Democrats Are Fighting Over Charter Schools. Will Key Early Primary States Care?
Charter schools are playing a notable role in remarks about education from candidates like Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Yet it's not clear what if any role they'll have in important states like Iowa and New Hampshire.
Every Student Succeeds Act
Overhauling Student Assessments: A View From the Pilot's Seat
Louisiana and New Hampshire are among the handful of states that have stepped up to experiment with crafting new student assessments under the Every Student Succeeds Act.
States
Educational Opportunities and Performance in New Hampshire
This Quality Counts 2019 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
States
States Show Striking Variations on Best Places to Bring Up a Child
When it comes to setting a child up for success in America, place matters more than ever, at least when it comes to crucial education and socioeconomic factors.
School Climate & Safety
Students' Song About KKK Raises Cautions for Teachers
A viral video of Dover, N.H., high school students singing a song about the Ku Klux Klan to the tune of "Jingle Bells" is causing outrage.
Education
New Hampshire Gets the OK to Participate in ESSA's Innovative Assessment Pilot
The Every Student Succeeds Act allows up to seven states to try out new kinds of tests in a handful of districts before taking them statewide.
Education
Opinion
In an Age of Information, Let's Teach Students Better Research Skills
Teaching students how to research today isn't no longer about academia. It's an act of citizenship.
Education
Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Puerto Rico Apply for ESSA Innovative Testing Pilot
The pilot, which was initially one of the most buzzed about pieces of ESSA, allows states to try out new forms of testing in a handful of districts, with the goal of eventually taking them statewide.
Assessment
Opinion
Innovative Assessments: Widening the Horizon
States are developing new forms of assessment, including assessments of learning and assessments for learning.