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 state education department warned school districts they cannot record audio or video of students without written parental permission. That’s left schools wondering how they can air school events. -
The Trump administration’s move to freeze federal child care payments to some states has alarmed local child care providers and families. State officials say they have received no indication payments are at risk. -
New Hampshire courts have ruled the state is spending too little to meet its constitutional duty to provide an “adequate” education for all students. Both parties will try to increase state spending this year, though Democrats have proposed spending more than Republicans. -
Lawmakers will debate several education bills in 2026 that were vetoed by the governor or rejected by federal courts. Other bills would require students to learn about hunting, safe firearm use and take an additional math course to graduate. -
Federal officials froze child care payments to Minnesota in the wake of fraud allegations and are now requiring all states to submit certain documentation to continue receiving funding. -
The state budget cut higher education funding by $35 million over two years, leading to staff cuts and tuition increases. Now, senators from both parties have proposed new spending to mitigate the impacts. -
A new state law requires New Hampshire school districts to tell voters what they spend on students, teachers, and administrators before a vote on the annual school budget. Cornerstone Action, a Christian advocacy group, is urging the public to sue if districts fail to do so. -
The state law requires schools to get written parental permission to take audio recordings of students, including the state’s 5,800 English language learners, whose assessments require an audio recording. -
A Nashua woman won a second free speech lawsuit this year. An appeals court ruled the city of Nashua violated her First Amendment rights by refusing to fly politically divisive flags on the city’s Citizen Flag Pole. -
In 2022, Easterseals NH promised to use $23 million in federal pandemic money to build a campus with permanent housing and 30 "respite/retreat" beds for veterans and their families. By 2025, the plan's language had changed those respite beds to "22 hotel rooms."
