Academic Performance

Help Test EdOpt’s New AI Assistant (Beta)

Teenage boy and girl smiling, looking at a computer and writing in a notebook, with iced coffee on the table. Two other scenes with children at the bottom. Image of a phone overlays it all.

Finding the right education path for your child in New Hampshire can feel overwhelming. There are so many options — public schools, charter schools, private schools, homeschooling, Education Freedom Accounts, enrichment programs — and it’s hard to know where to start. That’s why we’re building the EdOpt AI Assistant. We’re launching a beta version today, and we … Read more

Nurturing a Love of Reading

Adult reading a book with 4 children outdoors, spaceship, fairy, and other graphics indicating imagination

Before we get to early literacy, we want to announce our first EdOpt Fair of the Spring! Our first Fair this spring will be next month in Manchester! EdOpt is partnering with Children’s Scholarship Fund for this Fair. Saturday March 21, from 11-2pm at Trinity High school. We’ll have a DJ and a food truck, … Read more

Can your child read?

graph of new hampshire and national reading scores in 8th grade reading

A couple of years ago at a school board meeting, our principal said that they really don’t know how to teach kids to read. This shocked me. I wrote about it here in a series of 8 articles that explored student reading at schools in the Upper Valley area of New Hampshire and Vermont. Many … Read more

Claremont’s Near-Death Experience

light at the end of a tunnel

In 2012, U.S. Army Master Sergeant Cedric King woke up from a coma in Afghanistan to discover that his legs had been amputated. Today, 8 years later, Cedric says if given the chance, he’d do it all over again. You’ll hear his story of finding tremendous growth in tragedy by relinquishing control and expectations. In … Read more

How well is your school performing?

Chart showing NH state test scores from 2016 to 2023 for math and reading

This week, the New Hampshire Department of Education announced that schools are doing better academically! That’s fantastic. Or is it?   They reported that in 2023, 35 percent of 8th-graders tested proficient in math and 39 percent of 7th-graders tested proficient in math. This is in contrast to 45 percent proficiency in eighth-grade math and … Read more