New Hampshire

News, analysis, and opinion about K-12 education in New Hampshire
Federal Betsy DeVos Approves Six More ESSA Plans
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has the thumbs-up to ESSA plans from Georgia, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Montana, and New Hampshire.
Alyson Klein, January 19, 2018
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School & District Management New Hampshire Earns a B on State Report Card, Ranks Fourth in Nation
This Quality Counts 2018 Highlights Report captures all the data you need to assess your state's performance on key educational outcomes.
January 17, 2018
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Assessment Opinion Our Quest to Personalize Competency-Based Learning in New Hampshire
New Hampshire's Assessment for Learning Project (ALP) has been a quest to deepen and personalize competency-based learning for all students.
Jonathan G. Vander Els & Debra Holloway, January 9, 2018
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The exterior of the Department of Education Building in Washington, DC on Thursday, December 14, 2017.
The exterior of the Department of Education Building in Washington, DC on Thursday, December 14, 2017.
Swikar Patel/Education Week
Every Student Succeeds Act Betsy DeVos' Team Critiques ESSA Plans for Hawaii, Ky., Neb., N.H., and Wis.
All five states have work to do on the nuts-and-bolts of their ESSA accountability plans, the Trump education department says.
Alyson Klein, December 21, 2017
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Assessment Opinion Performance Assessments and Students with Disabilities
Performance assessments have the potential to ensure that instruction for students with disabilities is aligned with state standards.
Contributing Blogger, September 25, 2017
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Standards & Accountability N.H. Won't Overhaul the Common Core. Its Schools Chief Still Wants To.
The state's board voted not to open the Common Core to revision, but its commissioner still plans to review them informally, with an eye to future changes.
Stephen Sawchuk, July 17, 2017
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Early Childhood New Hampshire Gambles on Big Payout for Full-Day Kindergarten
The Granite State has legalized Keno gambling and plans to tax the machines to partially fund full-day kindergarten for the state's 5-year-olds.
Christina A. Samuels, June 23, 2017
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Standards & Accountability Opinion With ESSA, States Lead for Deeper Learning
With the Every Student Succeeds Act, states are shifting from accountability systems that label schools using a single indicator to multiple-measure systems aimed at continuous improvement.
Contributing Blogger, April 18, 2017
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States New Hampshire Delays Vote on Controversial State Education Chief
New Hampshire's education commissioner nominee Frank Edelblut, a businessman, Republican and school choice proponent, has been criticized throughout the state for his lack of education experience.
Daarel Burnette II, February 2, 2017
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Personalized Learning Opinion Personalized Learning in Action: Postcard From New Hampshire
Best known in education circles for its performance assessment, New Hampshire is a hotbed of innovation around personalized learning, writes Adriana Martinez of the Innovation Lab Network.
Contributing Blogger, November 11, 2016
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Assessment Opinion ESSA and Performance Assessments: Where States Go From Here
A recent summit meeting on assessment held in Virginia by Jobs for the Future suggests that that state may have solved some of the political challenges that have held back the advance of performance assessment.
Contributing Blogger, October 11, 2016
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Families & the Community Opinion How Better Engagement Can Support Innovation and Deeper Learning
Stakeholder engagement, as promising examples from Colorado and New Hampshire show, can help ensure that innovation is sustained.
Contributing Blogger, July 18, 2016
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School & District Management How Student-Led Conferences Could Help Rural Schools
One rural district says student-led conferences have boosted parent involvement rates.
Jackie Mader, April 12, 2016
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Gov. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., highlighted preparation for college and the workforce and early-childhood issues in her annual address to legislators.
Gov. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., highlighted preparation for college and the workforce and early-childhood issues in her annual address to legislators.
Jim Cole/AP
States State of the States: Hawaii, N.H., Pa., R.I., Wyo.
Here are summaries of recent annual addresses by governors around the country.
February 16, 2016
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