Mind the gap: Educational experiences for students vary widely among NH students
Access to adequate resources, funding varies unequal from town to town
Author: Meg McIntyre-Granite State News Collaborative
New Hampshire college enrollment down amid pandemic
New Hampshire college enrollment down amid pandemic
Pandemic increases burnout among New Hampshire’s healthcare workers
Medical systems work to care for the people who care for others
New Hampshire businesses prepare for unconventional fall tourism season
‘Extremely difficult to predict’ but industry is somewhat hopeful
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GBCC helps meet growing demand for surgical technologists
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Judge rules NH is not funding an adequate education
Superior Court Judge David Ruoff has once again ruled that the state has shirked its duty to fund an adequate education and this time further held that local school property taxes, which vary in rate from one municipality to another, are themselves unconstitutional.
Supreme Court allows Education Department cuts
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New England College expands $10,000-per-year offer to Concord, Bishop Brady graduates
The partnership, which started many years ago as a cross-town agreement between the college and John Stark, has steadily grown. Graduates of Hopkinton, Kearsarge Regional and Hillsboro-Deering, among several other high schools in the state, were already eligible.
NH continues to be one of the lowest funders of public higher education in the U.S.
New Hampshire remains one of the lowest funders of public higher education in the country, according to 2024 data from the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEOA).
