InDepthNH.org (https://indepthnh.org/category/education/page/20/)
Coverage involving education and schools.
More than 300 educators within 34 school districts throughout the state recently completed hands-on mathematics training, which is designed to build teacher assessment literacy and a stronger background in mathematics learning progressions and formative assessment practices.
The plaintiffs in the latest challenge to the state’s education funding system, urged a superior court judge to stop the state from setting the property tax rates of property wealthy communities.
The New Hampshire Department of Education recently issued two, $2,500 checks to assist orphans of veterans with their college expenses.
At the Governor and Council meeting Tuesday, Gov. Chris Sununu nominated Lori Weaver, deputy commissioner of the state Department of Health and Human Services as interim commissioner, the Council scheduled a rare public hearing on the renomination of Shawn Jasper as Agriculture commissioner, and the Council voted 3-2 to reject a tabled contract to provide after-school sex education for at-risk youths in Manchester and Claremont.
According to the new data, there are now 161,755 students enrolled in New Hampshire’s public schools (including public academies and Joint Maintenance Agreements), compared to 163,600 in 2021-2022 and 163,288 in 2020-2021. Pre-pandemic, student enrollment was at 171,866 during the 2019-2020 school year.
The group seeks to block rate setting for communities with negative education property tax rates or that retain excess revenue from the tax.
Justice Lawrence MacLeod said Wednesday it was not apparent to him that he could have a potential or perceived conflict until after a hearing Friday on the plaintiffs’ request for an injunction to block the state from setting the rate for the Statewide Education Property Tax.
If you think energy efficiency is an imaginary friend, visit Durham and ask any middle school kid you happen to find.
It was, at times, a fiery exchange between the two gubernatorial candidates on issues of how to steer the state on issues of the economy, a new abortion law, taxation, education choice, and leadership during COVID-19.