PRESS RELEASE: New Hampshire Educators Expect School Budget Cuts, Impact on Classrooms and Student Support After November Votes on Misleading Ballot Question 2 | NEA-NH

On Tuesday, November 3, every Granite State voter had the opportunity to vote on “Question 2”—a misleading one-size-fits-all school funding cap mandated to appear on the ballot in every school distric...

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PRESS RELEASE: Pro-Public Education Majorities Elected Across New Hampshire Offices | NEA-NH

Educators call on new State House leadership to prioritize students, strengthen public schools, and respect workers and their unions

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Protecting Students in a Digital World | NEA

Student personal devices—such as cellphones, tablets, and smartwatches—have become enmeshed in daily life for youth of all ages. To mitigate digital risks and improve learning environments, NEA recomm...

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Opinion: Epsom voters already rejected a funding cap. NH should listen - Concord Monitor

Rachel Thurrott argues against NH Ballot Question 2, citing the risks of arbitrary school funding caps and the importance of local control.

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Vote no on Question 2 for the sake of our students and teachers: Tuttle

School sports. Arts and music. AP classes. Full-day kindergarten. Bus routes. Question 2 puts them all in jeopardy writes NEA-NH president Megan Tuttle.

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NH school leaders predict budget cuts under tax cap ballot question

The ballot for every New Hampshire town and city this coming Election Day will ask voters if they want to adopt a two-year tax cap that would limit increases to their school property taxes.

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NH facing teacher recruitment, retention challenges

An aging workforce and low pay are among the factors that might make it more difficult for New Hampshire schools to attract and retain teachers, a nonpartisan research nonprofit recently found.

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“IT WAS A SHOCK”: Claremont Custodians Back at Work One Year After Layoffs | NEA-NH

“It was a shock,” Stevens High School custodian Joe Szelangowski says about learning he would be laid off in 2025 as the Claremont School District struggled to work through a catastrophic budget crisi...

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Looking to the future: NH students invited to share letters, photos for time capsule

The New Hampshire Time Capsule Project will bury the artifacts from students and community members this month -- and then hopes to dig them up in 50 years.

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Banned Book Week Celebrates New Hampshire’s Academic and Cultural Freedom - InDepthNH.org

The New Hampshire Legislature’s latest attempt to ban books and materials from public schools and libraries failed once again this year.

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Court upholds school tax cap question that will be on NH ballots

The question asks voters to vote yes or no on imposing a tax cap on local school spending.

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A New Hampshire school learned sign language to communicate with its only deaf student

New Hampshire is one of the few states in the nation that doesn't have a dedicated school for the deaf.

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Living in Portsmouth has become out of reach for most city employees

New Hampshire is seeing a surge in housing costs, driven by a shortage of available housing units. It's especially acute in Portsmouth, one of the least affordable places to live in the Granite State.

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Educators push back on use of AI in classrooms

As students head back to school, artificial intelligence is rapidly changing the educational environment they're encountering, but some teachers are pushing back against the technology.

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Judge's ruling clears way for school tax cap question to appear on NH ballots

Merrimack County Superior Court Judge Daniel St. Hilaire dismissed a lawsuit Wednesday that argued the question was misleading and too confusing to go before voters.

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NEA & the U.S. Labor Movement | NEA

The National Education Association is the largest labor union in the country—when we unite and speak truth to power, we can and have made an enormous impact in our communities.

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A nonprofit offered 5 NH school districts free counseling for students. Saying yes was ‘a no-brainer.'

Safe Schools New Hampshire had one requirement when it launched its free online counseling pilot: students had to help lead it.

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New Hampshire’s effort to overturn the Claremont school funding rulings, explained • New Hampshire Bulletin

The New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office entered new territory last Friday in its defense of the state’s school funding formula, arguing that two landmark school funding decisions were wrongly…

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After phone ban, New Hampshire task force to explore screen time in schools • New Hampshire Bulletin

Kim Bleier understands why screens became “a huge piece of the educational narrative” in the darkest depths of the COVID-19 remote learning era. They were essential to education itself. But Bleier, a ...

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'Screen Time Task Force' puts classroom tech under microscope in New Hampshire

According to the NH Dept. of Education, the primary goal for the new Screen Time Task Force is to create a better illustration of how students use digital technology.

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Sentinel Opinion: Good call; NH educators say students are more focused with a statewide cellphone ban

The first academic year under the state ban on cellphones in the classroom is in the books, and teachers are reporting positive results, according to a survey by the state

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Former teacher running for Statehouse to push for adequate education funding

LACONIA — Marcia Hayward was born and raised in the city, attending public schools and eventually teaching science at Laconia High School.

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NH predicts fewer students will get school lunch assistance amid federal SNAP restrictions

Parents who lose federal food benefits may still have their children qualify for free and reduced price lunch – but not know it.

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Sentinel Opinion: Summer school; Voters have limited time before the election to understand the effects of HB 1300

School may be out for kids, but the Legislature and Gov. Kelly Ayotte have made sure that New Hampshire’s voters will need considerable education this summer and fall to understand

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