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The New Hampshire Department of Education announced an innovative partnership today with Chess in Schools (CIS) to establish a statewide chess in schools initiative. The program is funded using federal Title funds.
The commissioner of the state Department of Education does not believe it will need all the special education money for school districts the House included in its budget.
The New Hampshire Department of Education has completed a comprehensive review of its Career and Technical Education programs with the goal of making these programs more accessible to students. The report titled “Increasing Equitable Access to Career and Technical Education” provides in-depth research on the Department’s efforts to identify barriers regarding access to career and technical education (CTE), and to determine potential strategies to address these barriers.
The New Hampshire Department of Education on Friday released school allocations from the $156 million in federal education funds from the U.S. Department of Education. Manchesterś total federal allocation was $37,007,295.
New Hampshire schools are slated to receive an additional $156,065,807 in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds (ESSER II) through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021, Public Law 116-260, which provides an additional $54.3 billion for an ESSER II Fund.
Schools wishing to take advantage of this waiver must apply to the New Hampshire Department of Education.
Danielle Boutin, an ELL teacher at Nashua’s Ledge Street School, has been named as the 2021 New Hampshire Teacher of the Year. The Department of Education honored this year’s finalists at a ceremony on the State House Lawn in Concord.
The funds represent the first round of a $46 million federal grant aimed at expanding New Hampshire’s successful public charter school system. Five public charter schools approved by the State Board of Education could be eligible for funds up to $1.5 million each, including two in Manchester.
Modern States’ tuition-free online courses prepare students for CLEP exams, which are offered by the College Board. They are accepted for credit at 2,900 colleges and universities across the country, including the University System of New Hampshire and New Hampshire Community College System. Under New Hampshire’s competency-based system, students who demonstrate proficiency by passing CLEP exams can also receive high school credit.
The card, prepared by the Department’s Bureau of Student Wellness, reinforces the practices learned over the past six months as New Hampshire schools shifted to remote instruction and the return the school in the fall.
The Department of Education estimates that these funds will allow New Hampshire students to earn competencies in 14,000 courses through the end of this year.
The New Hampshire Department of Education has partnered with NextStep Health Tech to launch GoodLife, a mobile application designed to build and strengthen student social and emotional resilience. The app allows students to join communities, set physical and emotional development goals, and send and receive positive feedback, all while preserving their anonymity online.
The New Hampshire Department of Education has published results of the School Transition, Reopening, and Redesign Taskforce survey of 54,000 Granite Staters including parents, students, educators and leaders.
The New Hampshire Department of Education is proud to announce the creation of New Hampshire Rocks!, a new competitive grant program that will provide modern band instruments and student musical training to Granite State schools.
The National Teacher of the Year program, run by the Council of Chief State School Officers and presented by Voya Financial, identifies exceptional teachers in the country, recognizes their effective work in the classroom, amplifies their voices, and empowers them to participate in policy discussions at the state and national levels. In New Hampshire, Geskus Studios and Yearbook Publishing is proud to partner with the NH DOE to help sponsor the New Hampshire Teacher of the Year program.
Federal grants will offset expenses related to COVID-19 and remote instruction.
With a structure similar to the Governor’s School Safety Preparedness Task Force, the group will bring together stakeholders from across New Hampshire education system to provide recommendations on bringing students back into school buildings this fall. The taskforce plans to issue preliminary recommendations by June 30, with follow-up recommendations within 30 days.
The Department is reprioritizing $1 million in unspent federal Fiscal Year 2018 discretionary funds. Grants are based on student enrollment, with a minimum of $3,000 and a maximum of $25,000 to each district.
