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By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The last time a New Hampshire governor nominated a new education commissioner, the pick sparked fierce pushback. Many on the left perceived Frank Edelblut – then-Gov. Chris Sununu’s recent Republican primary rival – as unqualified, too political and a threat to public education.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

This story is part of an ongoing series about New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program. Read the other stories here.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

When Gov. Kelly Ayotte called on the state legislature to pass a school phone ban in January, the pivotal question wasn’t whether the widely popular policy would pass but how far it would go.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Lisa Walker traces the moment her profession of three decades changed back to 2020.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Republican politicians are pushing forward three different plans for expanding New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Earlier this year, after voters in the Kearsarge Regional School District soundly rejected a proposed budget cap on their schools, House Majority Leader Jason Osborne had a warning.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Inside EFAs is a series about New Hampshire’s Education Freedom Account program.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut will depart from his role at the end of the current school year, Gov. Kelly Ayotte announced Thursday afternoon.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

The Republican-controlled House Education Funding Committee on Tuesday endorsed a proposal to make New Hampshire’s school choice program fully universal starting in 2026.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

New Hampshire students showed marginal academic improvement in most subjects over the last two years, but their scores continue to trail those seen immediately before the pandemic, according to data released  by the National Assessment of Education Progress.

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

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

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Concord mother Wendy Santiago said that when her son, Noah, attended a public charter school in the area, he sometimes came home with ripped pants and injuries from bullying.

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Editor’s note: Inside EFAs is a new occasional 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 voucher...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Hiring superintendents, principals and nurses is not necessary to provide the state’s youngest residents with an adequate education, Solicitor General Anthony Galdieri argued at the New Hampshire Supreme Court on Tuesday.Neither is providing heat...

By CHARLOTTE MATHERLY

In Rick Ladd’s 16 years in the State House, he’d never seen so many education bills.That is, until 2022, when they skyrocketed – so much so that Ladd, a Haverhill Republican and chair of the House Education Committee, said lawmakers can no longer...

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...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Francestown’s and Dublin’s requests to leave the Contoocook Valley School District will go before school district voters in March, the state Board of Education decided Thursday.The two towns’ withdrawal requests – set in motion by a soundly rejected...

By JEREMY MARGOLIS

Ophir Sternberg, a Miami-based real estate mogul who immigrated to the United States from Israel in 1993, proudly touts in his corporate biography that he founded and generously contributes to a charter school in Peterborough, New Hampshire.Sternberg...

By LISA A. WALKER

In my nearly 30 years in public education, starting as a teacher and ending as a superintendent of schools, I’ve pretty much seen it all. I’ve seen and dealt with student behavior of all types, and I have to say that right now, I am worried. More...

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

Governor Chris Sununu on Friday banned transgender girls in New Hampshire from competing on school-sponsored girls’ sports teams in the state starting in fifth grade.The law – which makes New Hampshire the 26th state to implement transgender sports...