A set of historic documents were part of a collection released last month by the New Hampshire State Archives in response to recent changes in state law and educational administrative rules to state history curriculum requirements.

Educational Talent Search has provided college and career counseling to first-generation and low-income in New Hampshire for 50 years. The Trump administration’s decision to abruptly pull funding leaves nearly 1,200 students suddenly without help.

The $5 million shortfall in Concord was driven primarily by an unexpected $2 million bill the district received on Oct. 1 from the risk pool that administers its health insurance and by student services expenses that appear set to more than double what the district had projected in the spring.

Melinda Treadwell, who served as Keene State College president for eight years, is leaving the state for another job. Plymouth State University President Donald Birx will fill her role through at least June – while keeping his.

Active duty students at several N.H. schools can find partial or full tuition coverage amid the ongoing shutdown.

Dartmouth was one of nine colleges and universities asked to sign the White House’s “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” The compact offered schools preferential access to federal funding in exchange for adopting several Trump administration policies.

The Legislature will take up more than 1,000 new bills in January. Some would bring changes to the classroom and the playground.

The White House’s 10-point memo issued to Dartmouth and eight other highly regarded schools asks them to commit to a number of conditions that align with the administration’s policy positions and vision for higher education.

The microschool model gained traction during the COVID-19 pandemic, and as many as 2.1 million children in the U.S. attend these schools, per a May 2025 study from the National Microschooling Center, a nonprofit advocacy organization that offers resources to micro-schools.

“The breadth of the anti-DEI laws’ prohibition is startling,” wrote Judge Landya B. McCafferty, with the U.S. District Court in Concord, New Hampshire. “The definition of ‘DEI’ contained [in the law] is so far-reaching that it prohibits long-accepted — even legally required — teaching and administrative practices.”