NH Public Education

Letter from President Tuttle: This Teacher Appreciation Week, Let’s Turn Appreciation into Action

Every day, teachers are nurturing and supporting our precious students in classrooms across New Hampshire. Teachers dedicate their careers and their lives to providing young Granite Staters with the tools they need to build bright futures and live out their dreams.   May 5 – 9 marks Teacher Appreciation Week nationwide; an important moment to ensure teachers in our lives know how much they mean to us and our communities. It’s important to show – and tell – our gratitude.   I am so grateful for every New Hampshire teacher. To those who taught me how to teach, to my colleagues in […]

PRESS RELEASE: New data shows New Hampshire 50th in the nation for state public education funding; some gains in educator pay, but profession is still undervalued and underpaid 

National Education Association releases four reports detailing the state of education funding and pay for educators in New Hampshire and around the country  CONCORD, NH – Four new reports examining educator pay and school funding from pre-K through college reveal that despite growth in educator pay last year, chronic problems plague educators, including low wages and a lack of professional respect. Further, the report shows that New Hampshire remains 50th in the nation for state public education funding as a percentage of revenue receipts.    The data released today include “Rankings and Estimates,” a report NEA has produced since the 1960s and widely […]

ACT NOW: Protect NH Students; Stop the Destruction of the Department of Education

President Trump recently signed an Executive Order pushing to end the U.S. Department of Education, his latest extreme action that hurts public schools, which are attended by nearly 90% of New Hampshire students and 95% of students with a disability. Unions are built for moments like this. Join NEA-New Hampshire to speak out against this executive overreach:

January 29: Meet Josh Cowen, Author of The Privateers, for a Community Conversation on Vouchers

In The Privateers, Josh Cowen lays bare the surprising history of tax-funded school choice programs in the United States and warns of the dangers of education privatization. A former evaluator of state and local voucher programs, Cowen demonstrates how, as such programs have expanded in the United States, so too has the evidence-informed case against them.  As state lawmakers consider yet another effort to expand an unaccountable voucher scheme, we are thrilled to host two events with Josh Cowen and hope you will join us! Can’t make the event but want to take action? Click here to urge your state lawmakers […]

September 14, 2024: NEA-NH Legislative Update

New Laws Taking Effect Now – Make sure you know what changes are coming!  The legislature may not be in session, but things are still happening. To wrap up this past year we have assembled a list of legislation that was signed into law that directly affects public education, educators, and students.   Please look at the list which is organized by category and if you have any questions don’t hesitate to reach out by e-mailing me at bhawkins@nhnea.org.  State Board of Education Minimum Standards Overhaul Headed to Legislative Rules Committee  Next week the Joint Legislative Committee on Rules, will […]

NH House Votes to Expand Education Voucher Eligibility to 500% of Federal Poverty Level, Rejects Universal Vouchers

CONCORD, NH – Today, the New Hampshire House of Representatives cast a series of mixed votes on three bills that would expand education voucher eligibility in our state.   Two additional voucher expansion bills still await a full vote in the New Hampshire House after deadlocking in Committee, 10-10. HB 1652 would create the ability for a school district to adopt a local school district voucher program. HB 1677 extends eligibility for the voucher program to students who participated in the program in the preceding year, students whose enrollment transfer requests were denied, and to students in school districts which performed […]