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On Wednesday, Gov. Chris Sununu signed Executive Order 2023-06, an order establishing the public higher education task force to study the strategic alignment of public higher education in New Hampshire.
In three years, the enrollment in the Education Freedom Account program has grown 158 percent, while the cost has increased 174 percent in figures released this week by the Department of Education.
According to experts, what the resumption of federal student loan repayments will mean for each state will be shaped by a host of factors, including the share of the state’s population with loans, typical loan size, and repayment rates.
Maxwell Garner of Hampstead, Mira Kondor of Derry, and Keith Sangillo of Candia have been named Semifinalists and are eligible to apply to be considered as Finalists in the scholarship program.
About 240 members of the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests gathered at The Rocks for the unveiling of its new North Country headquarters during its 122nd Annual Meeting at The Rocks here Saturday.
As Hurricane Lee began bearing down Friday and its sizeable wind field spread up to the 6,288-foot summit of Mount Washington Friday, Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut was at the Mount Washington Observatory with the 2023 NH Teacher of the Year and about 27 of his students.
The state Board of Education vote to approve controversial PragerU’s financial literacy course caused quick reaction in a flurry of news releases Thursday with Democrats opposed and Republicans in favor.
After three hours of public testimony, the vast majority in opposition to approving a PragerU financial literacy course, the state Board of Education approved the application.
Amid flash flood warnings and heavy rain, the Goffstown High School Media Center was packed with residents, state representatives, parents, and students Monday to discuss the recent controversy over LGBTQ+ materials on a bulletin board at Mountain View Middle School in Goffstown.