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For more than 150 years, NEA-NH has been advocating for #NH children and educators and promoting lifelong learning. Get involved: nhnea.org
ICYMI: Despite Gov. Ayotte's book ban bill veto this year, House Republicans have revived their push to allow content removal from schools: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/07/d... #NHPolitics #FreedomToRead
Despite Ayotte veto, House Republicans revive push to allow content removal from schools • New Hampshire Bulletin
House Republican lawmakers are reviving legislation to make it easier to challenge books in schools deemed obscene after Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s decision to veto similar legislation earlier this year.
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
ICYMI: Despite Gov. Ayotte's book ban bill veto this year, House Republicans have revived their push to allow content removal from schools: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/11/07/d... #NHPolitics #FreedomToRead
On November 11, we honor the wartime service and sacrifice of men and women in the armed forces. Check out @neatoday.bsky.social's lessons, activities, games, and resources that will help your students celebrate service men and women past and present. www.nea.org/professional...
Veterans Day in the Classroom | NEA
Lesson plans, activities, and resources focus on wartime service and sacrifice.
www.nea.org
November 6, 2025 at 2:23 PM
On November 11, we honor the wartime service and sacrifice of men and women in the armed forces. Check out @neatoday.bsky.social's lessons, activities, games, and resources that will help your students celebrate service men and women past and present. www.nea.org/professional...
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Election day is Tuesday.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Election day is Tuesday.
Read up on what you need to know at the 🔗:
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#NH House education committee leader "seeks to give state sweeping powers over districts that fail financially"
Read more: www.unionleader.com/news/educati... #NHPolitics
Read more: www.unionleader.com/news/educati... #NHPolitics
House ed leader seeks to give state sweeping powers over districts that fail financially
The top education policy leader in the New Hampshire House of Representatives said the school budget crisis in Claremont has shown why it’s time to give the state Board of
www.unionleader.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
#NH House education committee leader "seeks to give state sweeping powers over districts that fail financially"
Read more: www.unionleader.com/news/educati... #NHPolitics
Read more: www.unionleader.com/news/educati... #NHPolitics
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These mobile sites are available for SNAP recipients only beginning Wednesday.
NH governor announces list of mobile food pantries for SNAP recipients amid government shutdown
These mobile sites are available for SNAP recipients only beginning Wednesday.
www.wmur.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
These mobile sites are available for SNAP recipients only beginning Wednesday.
“Hunger should never be used as leverage in a political fight. Every child deserves the chance to learn, grow, and thrive, and that starts with proper nutrition.” -Megan Tuttle, NEA-NH President
Advocates Say Food Crisis Does Not Have to Happen
State advocates fear the current food pantry system is stressed now and may be overrun if food stamp benefits end due to the government shutdown.
indepthnh.org
October 31, 2025 at 6:38 PM
“Hunger should never be used as leverage in a political fight. Every child deserves the chance to learn, grow, and thrive, and that starts with proper nutrition.” -Megan Tuttle, NEA-NH President
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Say it loud, say it proud! How are you celebrating #HigherEdMonth?
October 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Say it loud, say it proud! How are you celebrating #HigherEdMonth?
“NH public schools are already struggling with how funding is set up and we cannot do more with less…Nearly 90% of students attend public schools, so the money needs to stay with public schools. It shouldn’t be funding a separate education system.” nebeacon.substack.com/p/a-sector-r... #NHPolitics
"A Sector Ripe for Investment:" How Big Tech and Private Equity Are Privatizing New Hampshire’s Public Schools
By: Chris Brady
nebeacon.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“NH public schools are already struggling with how funding is set up and we cannot do more with less…Nearly 90% of students attend public schools, so the money needs to stay with public schools. It shouldn’t be funding a separate education system.” nebeacon.substack.com/p/a-sector-r... #NHPolitics
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Students and families will go hungry. It is unconscionable.
Working families are suffering. Not only are health care costs slated to double for millions of families, but 42 million people will lose access to food assistance if Congress doesn’t take action urgently.
States warn SNAP benefits may stop in November if government shutdown continues
A lapse in funding due to the shutdown could have a devastating effect on the millions of Americans who rely on the federal food stamps program for groceries.
www.cbsnews.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Students and families will go hungry. It is unconscionable.
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During the shutdown, the Trump administration gutted the Department of Education’s special education staff—turning its back on 7.5 million students with disabilities. A lawsuit paused the cuts, but the threat remains. Our students deserve better.
Education Department Guts Special Education Staff Amid Government Shutdown | NEA
A lawsuit temporarily halted the cuts, but the danger to critical services remains.
www.nea.org
October 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
During the shutdown, the Trump administration gutted the Department of Education’s special education staff—turning its back on 7.5 million students with disabilities. A lawsuit paused the cuts, but the threat remains. Our students deserve better.
🐢 Check out this turtle-y awesome story 🐢
Recently, Sy Montgomery, a New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning illustrator Matt Patterson visited the Chesterfield School to sign books and talk with students about their newest turtle-themed story.
www.keenesentinel.com/news/local/s...
Recently, Sy Montgomery, a New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning illustrator Matt Patterson visited the Chesterfield School to sign books and talk with students about their newest turtle-themed story.
www.keenesentinel.com/news/local/s...
Chesterfield School shell-ebrates turtles with bestselling book duo
This past Friday 2025, a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning illustrator visited a school in Chesterfield NH to talk with students about their newest turtle-themed story, which focuses...
www.keenesentinel.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
🐢 Check out this turtle-y awesome story 🐢
Recently, Sy Montgomery, a New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning illustrator Matt Patterson visited the Chesterfield School to sign books and talk with students about their newest turtle-themed story.
www.keenesentinel.com/news/local/s...
Recently, Sy Montgomery, a New York Times bestselling author, and award-winning illustrator Matt Patterson visited the Chesterfield School to sign books and talk with students about their newest turtle-themed story.
www.keenesentinel.com/news/local/s...
For Senator Maggie Hassan, Trump's special education layoffs are personal amid shutdown showdown. Read the full story in @usatoday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/news/e... @hassan.senate.gov #NHPolitics
For this senator, Trump's special ed layoffs are personal amid shutdown showdown
Sen. Maggie Hassan, whose son has cerebral palsy, has long been a vocal supporter of special ed. Trump's new layoffs are a "real blow," she said.
www.usatoday.com
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
For Senator Maggie Hassan, Trump's special education layoffs are personal amid shutdown showdown. Read the full story in @usatoday.com: www.usatoday.com/story/news/e... @hassan.senate.gov #NHPolitics
#NH lawmakers have a number of changes in mind for students and teachers, from protecting recess, to mandating gun safety classes, to tweaking the universal voucher program. Find out about these efforts before session resumes in January from @nhpr.org: www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025... #NHPolitics
NH lawmakers to take up school-choice, along with recess & gun safety in 2026
The Legislature will take up more than 1,000 new bills in January. Some would bring changes to the classroom and the playground.
www.nhpr.org
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 PM
#NH lawmakers have a number of changes in mind for students and teachers, from protecting recess, to mandating gun safety classes, to tweaking the universal voucher program. Find out about these efforts before session resumes in January from @nhpr.org: www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025... #NHPolitics
“It’s the students that bear the benefit or the brunt of the state’s action at this moment." -NEA-NH President Megan Tuttle www.unionleader.com/news/politic... #NHPolitics #NHEducators #NH
Senate panel decides it needs more time to review ed aid advance for Claremont schools
A Senate panel backed off of a recommendation on a proposed advance loan of state education aid to Claremont after local school officials told them the serious cash crunch won’t
www.unionleader.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:33 PM
“It’s the students that bear the benefit or the brunt of the state’s action at this moment." -NEA-NH President Megan Tuttle www.unionleader.com/news/politic... #NHPolitics #NHEducators #NH
Our students deserve better. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says
The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
www.usatoday.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Our students deserve better. www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...
Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay. In #NH, we are on N'dakinna, the ancestral homeland of the Abenaki, Pennacook, and Wabanaki Peoples past and present. We acknowledge and honor with gratitude the land and waterways and the alnobak (people) who have stewarded N'dakinna throughout the generations.
October 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Today is #IndigenousPeoplesDay. In #NH, we are on N'dakinna, the ancestral homeland of the Abenaki, Pennacook, and Wabanaki Peoples past and present. We acknowledge and honor with gratitude the land and waterways and the alnobak (people) who have stewarded N'dakinna throughout the generations.
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A piece of legislation that would have established a centralized process to review complaints about sexual content in school library books was stopped dead in its tracks over the summer, thanks to a veto from Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte.
Banned Books Week: Anti-censorship advocates plan events in New Hampshire - The Boston Globe
Legislation that would have established a centralized process to review complaints about sexual content in school library books was vetoed by Governor Kelly Ayotte.
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October 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A piece of legislation that would have established a centralized process to review complaints about sexual content in school library books was stopped dead in its tracks over the summer, thanks to a veto from Republican Governor Kelly Ayotte.
Books are for all of us. Every student deserves to see themselves in the pages of their books. As educators, we know that when students are given a choice in what they read, as well as support and time to read, they thrive. neanh.org/about-nea-nh... #BannedBooksWeek #NHPolitics
During Banned Books Week, NH Advocates Support the Freedom to Read | NEA-NH
After defeating HB 324 book ban, local leaders warn of continued threats like SB 33 and reaffirm support for educators, librarians, and students
neanh.org
October 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Books are for all of us. Every student deserves to see themselves in the pages of their books. As educators, we know that when students are given a choice in what they read, as well as support and time to read, they thrive. neanh.org/about-nea-nh... #BannedBooksWeek #NHPolitics
WATCH: "Lawmakers in Concord discuss how to properly fund education after recent NH Supreme Court ruling" www.wmur.com/article/new-... @wmur9.bsky.social #NHPolitics
Lawmakers in Concord discuss how to properly fund education after recent NH Supreme Court ruling
Lawmakers on Friday discussed how to respond to the latest state Supreme Court ruling that funding for public education is constitutionally inadequate.
www.wmur.com
October 6, 2025 at 1:07 PM
WATCH: "Lawmakers in Concord discuss how to properly fund education after recent NH Supreme Court ruling" www.wmur.com/article/new-... @wmur9.bsky.social #NHPolitics
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It’s #WorldTeachersDay! The best way to thank teachers is to support, respect, and pay them fairly. Join @eduinternational.bsky.social in raising your voice and calling on world leaders to invest in teachers and public education.
World Teachers’ Day: Together for teachers, together for tomorrow
This World Teachers’ Day, join the global mobilisation calling on governments everywhere to invest in teachers and to support us in creating a peaceful, more fair and sustainable future for all.
www.ei-ie.org
October 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
It’s #WorldTeachersDay! The best way to thank teachers is to support, respect, and pay them fairly. Join @eduinternational.bsky.social in raising your voice and calling on world leaders to invest in teachers and public education.
Congrats to Megan Philbrook, the 2026 #NH Teacher of the Year! Megan teaches grades five to eight at Andover Elementary/Middle School and is committed to making learning magical. She is also currently serving as the Andover Education Association president. www.concordmonitor.com/2025/10/02/a...
Andover Elementary/Middle School's Megan Philbrook wins New Hampshire Teacher of the Year - Concord Monitor
At recess on Thursday, second-grader Reid Philbrook got the news: His mother, Megan Philbrook, was about to be named New Hampshire’s Teacher of the Year. Reid’s father picked him up and shuttled him t...
www.concordmonitor.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Congrats to Megan Philbrook, the 2026 #NH Teacher of the Year! Megan teaches grades five to eight at Andover Elementary/Middle School and is committed to making learning magical. She is also currently serving as the Andover Education Association president. www.concordmonitor.com/2025/10/02/a...
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BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked a new state law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs pertaining to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability in New Hampshire K-12 public schools and public and private universities.
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked a new state law banning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs pertaining to race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability in New Hampshire K-12 public schools and public and private universities.
On #NationalCustodianDay, we're celebrating everyone who works to keep our schools clean and safe so students can succeed!
October 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
On #NationalCustodianDay, we're celebrating everyone who works to keep our schools clean and safe so students can succeed!
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The solution to the educator shortage isn’t complicated: raise pay, respect the work, and make sure every teacher can afford to stay in the classroom. When educators are supported, students thrive.
Salary Increases Help Teachers Stay in the Profession | NEA
Hard-fought gains in pay are making a difference. “I finally have my head above water. But we need to do better.”
www.nea.org
September 28, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The solution to the educator shortage isn’t complicated: raise pay, respect the work, and make sure every teacher can afford to stay in the classroom. When educators are supported, students thrive.
Monday Must Read: This year, Middleton Education Association bargained for their first contract ever. While the first vote before the legislative body was unsuccessful, they didn’t give up.
Read their story on our new website: neanh.org/professional... #NHEducators #UnionStrong
Read their story on our new website: neanh.org/professional... #NHEducators #UnionStrong
Middleton Educators Get Out of Their Comfort Zone, Get Historic Contract Victory | NEA-NH
This year, Middleton Education Association bargained for their first contract ever. While the first vote before the legislative body was unsuccessful, they didn’t give up. They reorganized and engaged...
neanh.org
September 29, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Monday Must Read: This year, Middleton Education Association bargained for their first contract ever. While the first vote before the legislative body was unsuccessful, they didn’t give up.
Read their story on our new website: neanh.org/professional... #NHEducators #UnionStrong
Read their story on our new website: neanh.org/professional... #NHEducators #UnionStrong