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By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — The School Board unanimously approved a new two-year contract for Claremont teachers that includes a special incentive for newer teachers to remain with districtSAU 6 Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Richard Seaman and...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

WEST LEBANON — Twin State educators say they are unsurprised by the National Assessment of Educational Progress scores released in the fall, which showed declines in reading and math scores between 2019 and 2021, before and amid the COVID-19...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

CONCORD — New Hampshire’s second-largest teacher union is suing Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut over the state’s Education Freedom Account program, saying the voucher system of using public money to fund private schools violates the state’s...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — At the end of the second week of fall term classes, roughly 500 members of the Dartmouth College community gathered the evening of Sept. 23 in front of Baker-Berry Library to listen to the college’s president, chaplain and student leaders...

By EILEEN O’GRADY

CONOCRD — A group of educators and business leaders have been working for more than a year to revise the rules and definitions for New Hampshire public schools, and an early draft has drawn concern from public school advocates.The changes could affect...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

NEW LONDON — Starting next fall, Colby-Sawyer College will reduce its tuition to $17,500, it announced Wednesday.The new price will be 62% less than the current list price of $46,364. The actual difference for students and families will be less, as...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

PLAINFIELD — Sydney Leggett will serve as interim superintendent for the Plainfield and Cornish school districts following the resignation of Cory LeClair late last month.In an email to the community, Plainfield School Board Chairman Chris Forman said...

By PATRICK ADRIAN 

LEBANON — New state legislation will require New Hampshire schools to teach personal finance literacy and wellness education, including topics such as sexual abuse prevention and understanding child abuse, starting in the 2023-24 school year. Two...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NORTH HAVERHILL — Attorneys who led the Claremont school-funding lawsuits in the 1990s that established a constitutional right to an adequately funded education have filed a new lawsuit against the state, asking the court to direct the state to...

By ROSE TERAMI

WOODSTOCK — Woodstock Union High School’s Class of 2022 received their diplomas in green and gold gowns on Friday night in “the bowl” behind the school — a grassy natural amphitheater — where about 400 guests sat on blankets and in chairs overlooking...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

LEBANON — Lebanon High School’s graduating seniors stressed the importance of community and building relationships in their parting words to classmates at the school’s commencement ceremony for the Class of 2022 on Thursday.Over 1,000 people gathered...

By PATRICK ADRIAN

NEWPORT — The list of resignations of Newport school officials continues to grow, as residents and educators try to restore civility and cooperation to the relationship between school officials and outspoken School Board member Bert Spaulding.On...

By PATRICK O’GRADY

CLAREMONT — Time and light.Those were the themes expressed by Stevens High School 2022 Salutatorian Olivia Churchill and Valedictorian Sarah Wood during Thursday’s commencement ceremony in the school gymnasium.The graduation, Stevens’ 150th, was a...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — Joanne Roberts, who has served as superintendent of Lebanon schools for eight years, announced Wednesday that she will be leaving the district at the end of the 2022-23 school year.She offered no specific reason for her departure in her...

By FRANCES MIZE

HANOVER — Gab Smith understands both sides of the conversation surrounding legacy students and Black students at the nation’s elite colleges and universities.A senior at Dartmouth College, Smith is a Black legacy student. Her mother, Tracey...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — A new child care provider has stepped up to take over the after-school programs in Lebanon’s elementary schools after the previous organization providing the service announced last month it would close its program, according to a news...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

HANOVER — Police and school investigations are ongoing after three Hanover High School students were hospitalized after taking pills that school officials believe they acquired from another student.All three students who were hospitalized reported...

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BRADFORD, Vt. — Two co-principals are set to become leaders of Oxbow High School on July 1, according to a Wednesday announcement from the Orange East Supervisory Union.Ken Cadow and Ashley Youngheim are slated to share leadership of Oxbow. They will...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

LEBANON — A group of artists, educators and parents is proposing a new private high school, the New England School of the Arts, for a location on the downtown pedestrian mall.The Lebanon Planning Board is slated to hear an application from the group...

By NORA DOYLE-BURR

Dartmouth College freshman Elizabeth Reimer received an email May 19 from an assistant dean warning her of a looming deadline for a non-recording grade option. The administrator explained that she could withdraw from the course, a first-year seminar,...