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With six aldermanic votes in its pocket, the teachers' union can now concentrate its fire on picking off four more votes (10 would be needed to override a veto), plus trying to turn the tax cap into...
FERGUS CULLEN
Thanks to the United States’s broken immigration system, Shaojun Yao may end up taking his taxpayer-subsidized UNH doctorate back to China, open his business and create jobs there. He'd rather...
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The following is excerpted from remarks made by Publisher Joseph W. McQuaid at the recent 19th annual Francis Wayland Parker Scholar Awards banquet in Manchester:
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What’s worse than a public body denying access to an investigator’s report that was paid for with taxpayer money?
KATHY SULLIVAN
The Vaillancourt blow-up, and to a lesser extent, the Mead mini-scandal, overshadowed a more serious controversy: the war that has erupted against New Hampshire’s public schools. It is not just...
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Three days before Facebook's big IPO, New Hampshire's public colleges and universities signed a commitment to double the number of technology, science, engineering and mathematics graduates by 2025.
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What's really at stake in the school choice debate.
CHARLES ARLINGHAUS
A very small step for the state will be a huge leap for individual students if the Legislature decides to adopt a modest school choice scholarship act today.

Bettencourt resigns again, this time with apology for misrepresenting his work

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The drama surrounding State House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt came to a head Sunday as the embattled politician resigned from his position for the second time in three days, but this time...

Bill Symonds, director of Harvard University's “Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century,” spoke in Nashua last week at a jobs and education summit at Nashua Community College.

Speaker tells education summit it's not the economy, it's the work force

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Concerned about the nation's jobs climate, business and education leaders gathered last week to discuss the future of America's young people in the manufacturing field.

Fitness University makes Nashua home for summer

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A popular children’s running program that is outgrowing many of its venues throughout southern New Hampshire has decided to make Nashua home to its summer fitness clinics.

Hooksett school board will assess 'Bring Your Own Device' program

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With the school year coming to a close, the Hooksett school district’s pilot Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program is wrapping up, as well, with mixed reviews.

Manchester principals join teachers in saying no to job cuts, givebacks

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The margin was closer, but the result was the same, as the city's public school principals have joined teachers in rejecting proposed contract concessions intended to stave off layoffs in the...

Lucas Valliere and Brooke Nolan get ready to play music at the Maple Avenue Elementary School Memorial Day celebration in Goffstown on Friday.

Goffstown students remember those who served

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Students at Maple Avenue Elementary School kicked off the long Memorial Day weekend with a school-wide musical presentation Friday.

Army veteran Steve Costa, who earned both the Purple Heart and the Silver Star during his course of service, offered a few words to his young audience during Friday's Memorial Day Ceremony at South Elementary School. Costa, who served in the early 1970s, is the local spokesman for Moore Mart, a charity sending care packages to deployed soldiers.

Londonderry students show their patriotic spirit

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Whether collecting clothing items for children in Afghanistan, making care packages to send to deployed troops or waving flags to honor the soldiers on the front lines, the students and staff at...

Options sought after teachers reject contract

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Now that proposed contract modifications have been soundly rejected by city teachers, education leaders are considering what options remain before the final budget for the next school year is...

Judge to decide on opening records from Wilton-Lyndeborough district

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A Superior Court judge will review documents, including an investigation into inappropriate credit card charges allegedly made by the former Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative School District...

Adult ed morning program is a hit in Derry

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Adding morning classes to the school district's adult basic education program this year has been a success, according to adult education services director Barrie-jane Corey, who added that she...

Jim O'Connell, a parent of Hillside Middle and Central High students, foreground, discusses Manchester schools with interested parents.

Parents group urges funding of Manchester schools

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Adequately fund education in the city of Manchester, even if it means raising taxes, a majority of people in the newly formed Citizens for Manchester Schools said Thursday night.

Failed teachers deal opens state review

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A provision in a tentative agreement turned down by members of the Manchester Education Association may affect city contracts with other unions and how they fund the New Hampshire Retirement System.

House, Senate school funding plans to be scrutinized

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Constitutional lawyers will parse every word in House- and Senate-proposed constitutional amendments on education funding over the long holiday weekend.

Legislators seek school aid agreement

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School districts may again receive state help with building projects, but how much is still a question as House and Senate negotiators try to square their versions of a reinstated program.

STEVEN BEALS

New principal chosen for Alvirne High School

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HUDSON - Laconia High School principal Steven Beals has been chosen as Alvirne High School's new principal.

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