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Op-Ed: On January 29, 2020, long before the public was aware of COVID-19, the Department of Education provided its first Health Alert to school leaders about a developing health concern.
Following a challenging and unique spring, school officials across New Hampshire are working hard through the summer to prepare schools to reopen this fall. Last week, the School Transition, Reopening, and Redesign Taskforce (STRRT) submitted high-level recommendations to the Department of Education and the Governor.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a huge disruption to New Hampshire students when our schools shifted to remote instruction in April. But that’s not the only disruption faced by New Hampshire families.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 15, 2020 [cid:691b5c9d-e573-44d7-9035-9a9ed1e7fab8] Contact: Grant Bosse (603) 271-0448 office (603) 513-3030 cell NH joins Graduate Together ceremony Celebrating the Class of 2020 Saturday at 8pm CONCORD- The New Hampshire Department of Education is pleased to partner with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and XQ Institute in support of …
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I recently spoke to a pair of high school juniors with very different perspectives on remote instruction. Leslie (not her real name) was committed to keeping a strict schedule when schools shifted to remote instruction in April.
As you all know, I am the NH Department of Education liason to the the GrandFamilies Study Commission (appointed by Commissioner Frank Edelblut). Marylou Beaver is the Chair of the Commission and just sent an email out to the Commission members that contains a survey that I am asking all of you in this position …
A few days ago, Steve posted about a political stunt by Andru Volinsky (hereinafter ItsyBitsyVolinsky or just ItsyBitsy): Democrat candidate for Governor (and Executive Councilor) Andu Volinsky has attempted to use the Coronavirus outbreak and response in New Hampshire for cross-political purposes. News 9, WMUR, has called him out and unexpectedly committed journalism. Well, ItsyBitsy’s …
The COVID-19 situation is rapidly developing worldwide, including in New Hampshire. Yesterday, a 7th positive case was confirmed, and it happened to be a NH-DMV employee who had worked and interacted with the general public for 5 full workdays before becoming symptomatic and testing positive. Governor Sununu will hold a COVID-19 Press Conference at 1PM …
School Leaders, Taking a step back from the on-going management of the COVID-19 circumstances each of you face on the ground, the range of scenarios that might result in a disruption of education in your building could be, from worst case – public health orders the closure of your facility to, best case for disruption …
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When we talk about students who are not succeeding in our current education system, we often say that they “slipped through the cracks.” Well, what if we filled in those cracks so that students could move seamlessly from high school to college to the workforce?
