Sarah Gibson
Reporter, Education & DemographicsSarah Gibson joined NHPR's newsroom in 2018. She reports on demographics and education.
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In Holderness, middle school students volunteered to serve as solar eclipse ambassadors to help the public better understand – and see – the total solar eclipse April 8.
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The Department of Education says it has relied on computer-assisted scoring to grade statewide writing assessments for at least the last five years.
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Early childhood education specialists are providing in-classroom training for teachers to align their class with the latest research — and state mandates — on play-based learning.
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Critics of the proposal say this gives extraordinary power to the state’s top education official, but supporters of the bill say it would only be used in extraordinary circumstances.
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Families in the Seacoast rallied around the alternative school when it opened in 2022, but some say they saw warning signs of mismanagement early on.
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No teacher has been sanctioned since Republican lawmakers passed a law in 2021 restricting lessons about racism. But teachers’ unions and civil rights groups say the law is still chilling free speech.
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As of Sunday evening, most roads that had been flooded were open again, though officials in Rye say that parts of Ocean Boulevard will likely remain closed until the middle of the week.
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The 65-unit apartment complex aims to help ease the area’s affordable housing crisis for seniors.
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Students at Alvirne High School in Hudson are using a Model United Nations class as a lens to better understand the conflict.
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The demonstration was organized by UNH’s Palestinian Solidarity Group, which launched on campus after the start of the Israel-Hamas War.