NH School Scoop Podcast

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter and summarizes each week’s major NH education news. A new federal tax-credit scholarship program will launch soon; many students will be eligible for free tuition at state colleges; and Milton is the latest NH town to face a major budget deficit. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions are on our webs...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter, summarizing each week’s major NH education news. The NH Supreme Court says yes to the tax cap question, Reaching Higher releases its 2026 NH Educator’s Views on Public Education, and Title IX is further changed by the Trump Administration. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our w...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter, summarizing each week’s major NH education news. The NH tax-cap question will remain on the November ballot, Claremont’s financial crisis yields fiscal lessons for educators, and federal court decisions impede Trump’s desire to close the USDOE. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter, summarizing each week’s major NH education news. MacDonald’s resignation could impact NH schools, the school tax cap is under scrutiny, and significant changes may be coming to the Kearsarge School District. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our website, ⁠nhschoolscoop.substack....

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Statewide student test results show encouraging gains, and the Federal government has removed gender identity-related civil rights data from its latest national survey. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our website, ⁠nhschoolsco...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. NH will receive more than $200 million from Meta, a federal appeals court found that Bow officials violated parents’ speech rights, and there’s encouraging news regarding NH teens’ mental health. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found o...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Most of Gov. Ayotte’s vetoes survived override attempts, experts are raising concerns about federal vaccine policy, and US education officials are sending pointed messages to local schools. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. The NH Attorney General wants to overturn Claremont, new data show EFA enrollment is increasing by 25 percent, and the NH Department of Education creates a school screen time task force. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our web...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. The NH House and Senate will take up the Governor's vetoes, districts are reminded to avoid electioneering, and the Trump Administration intervenes in child vaccine policy. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our website, ⁠nhs...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Goodlander calls for a federal investigation into the Sununu Center abuses, we have new data on teacher reaction to the NH school cellphone ban, and districts struggle to staff their schools. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on ou...

All NH voters will decide this November whether to impose a local school property tax cap, Gov. Ayotte has again vetoed a “bathroom bill,” and NH schools rank high in a recent study. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our website, ⁠nhschoolscoop.substack.com⁠ . This week’s edition can be found here. You can also head there to subscribe and share. The NH School Scoop...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter, which summarizes each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: Educators must now respond to parent questions within 10 days, transgender student athletes end their challenge to NH sports ban, and a new state law significantly reduces homeschooling requirements. Links to our stories and al...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: 1 out of 5 bills in the NH legislative this session were education-related, significant changes in Texas education have national ramifications, and schools scramble to staff their schools. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: Ayotte vetoes the “bathroom bill,” EFAs are receiving greater bipartisan scrutiny, and school districts may receive higher state special education aid. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our website,  ⁠nhschoolsc...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: We look back on the New Hampshire legislative session, celebrate the Granite State’s Teacher of the Year, and explore a high-tech solution designed to improve school safety. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be f...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: A spending cap bill heads to the Governor, open enrollment efforts are set aside for this session, and NH students and educators continue to demonstrate why our schools rank among the nation's best. Links to our stories and all o...

This morning I received an important update from Alex Tilsley, Director of Policy at Reaching Higher New Hampshire , about an important detail I did not report on in the Scoop: She alerted me that another piece of open enrollment legislation emerging from negotiations concerns the funding model in which schools pay 80% of their per-pupil cost to the receiving school. NHPR’s Annmarie Timmins update...

Addendum: On today’s podcast, we report that the Conference Committee on public school open enrollment issue met yesterday. The Committee met for only five minutes and postponed its agenda until today. If major news comes out of Concord, we’ll be sure to send out a special Scoop edition. Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: A wave of education bills emerges from Concord, a frightening school bus incident underscores the urgency of student safety, and open enrollment remains alive for now. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found o...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The Canvas hack reminds us that education data is not secure, NH excels in robotics, and the largest national study on cell phone bans questions student academic benefits. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be fou...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode:  The backstory of the open enrollment bill is interesting, SchoolCare must continue paying health claims, and guns will not be allowed on college campuses for now. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on ou...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode:  The Open Enrollment Bill fails for this session, a new NEA education report shows troubling NH data, and the EDies season is upon us as we celebrate schools and educators in the Granite State. Links to our stories and all of our Sco...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: Students and faculty might be allowed to carry firearms at NH public colleges and universities, we have a new McAuliffe sabbatical winner, and school vaccine clinics could be allowed in certain cases. Links to our stories and all of...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: A revision to open enrollment is proposed in the NH House, the NH Child Advocate alerts the Executive Council to abuse at SYSC, and a new report highlights the inequity of property taxes. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop edi...

Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: NH college students can no longer use their school IDs to vote, the ConVal School District is under Title IX investigation, and there's encouraging news on student engagement. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions ca...