Annmarie Timmins
Senior Reporter, Youth and EducationI write about youth and education in New Hampshire. I believe the experts for a news story are the people living the issue you are writing about, so I’m eager to learn how students and their families are navigating challenges in their daily lives — including childcare, bullying, academic demands and more. I’m also interested in exploring how changes in technology and funding are affecting education in New Hampshire, as well as what young Granite Staters are thinking about their experiences in school and life after graduation.
Annmarie can be reached at atimmins@nhpr.org.
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The White Mountain Community College won a $100,000 prison education that will help it expand the associate degree programs it began in the Berlin prison in 2023 to the men’s and women’s prisons in Concord. -
This is the second court in six weeks to conclude New Hampshire is failing to adequately fund public education. The state Supreme Court said the state is underspending on general education. -
New Hampshire ranks last in the country in spending on public higher education. That could discourage local students from attending one of the state’s colleges and choosing to make their careers here. -
Congress defunded adult education programs in July then reversed course two weeks later. But that money still has not reached New Hampshire providers who have been unable to hire for the fall semester. -
The lawsuit, filed in federal court Thursday, raises two main issues: the new law’s far-reaching implications for students’ ability to learn, and the potential financial penalties for private schools as well as public schools. -
New Hampshire lawmakers expanded the Education Freedom Account program to all families, regardless of income, in June. Fall enrollment has reached the 10,000 student limit. -
Stronger connections between schools and families have been linked to student success. The Family Engagement Center gathered school leaders and parents to identify ways to build those relationships. -
Caitlin Davis said she’d support public education, evaluate the programs that outgoing Commissioner Frank Edelblut established, and, unlike Edelblut, keep the agency out of divisive political debates. -
Dozens of families turned out to the say farewell to Concord's Monkey-Around Playground in White Park, which was built by volunteers for the area's school children in 1994. It's being replaced by a more accessible one. -
The book ban bill vetoed by Gov. Kelly Ayotte would have allowed parents to request books, films, and other items that depicted nudity and sexual contact to be removed from their child's school.
