Learning Approaches

Manchester Fair in one week!

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Our next Fair is in less than a week in Manchester! EdOpt is partnering with Children’s Scholarship Fund for this one. Saturday March 21, from 11-2pm at Trinity High School at 581 Bridge St, Manchester, NH. We’ll have a DJ and a food truck, and lots of education providers across the range of options. EdOpt … Read more

🎉 EdOpt Navigator is Live!

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If you’re a parent trying to understand your education options in New Hampshire, you may have discovered something frustrating: the information exists — but it’s scattered across dozens of websites, policies, and reports. Worse, you don’t know which ones to look at. That’s why we built EdOpt Navigator. Thanks to the testing many people did, … Read more

Recurring Dreams of School

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Have you had recurring dreams about school? Were they pleasant or disturbing? Personally, I always liked school. But I don’t think I ever had a good dream about school. I read an article recently that summarized a survey of people who have had recurring dreams about school. I thought the results would be interesting to … Read more

Help Test EdOpt’s New AI Assistant (Beta)

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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

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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

Don’t Pick a School. Solve the Problem.

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When families start looking for alternative education options, they’re often already deep in a problem. Something isn’t working. A child is frustrated, disengaged, bored, anxious, or falling behind. The instinct—understandably—is to jump straight to a solution: a different school, homeschooling, a learning center, online classes. But real problem solving doesn’t start with solutions. It starts … Read more

3 Fairs this week, 1 Fair goes virtual!

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With this snowstorm continuing through Monday evening, we are going to pivot to have a Virtual Fair for Claremont!   I’m actually excited about it.  We’ll have breakout rooms for each education provider. Attendees can move from room to room and chat with the providers they are interested in, or come out to the Main room where I’ll … Read more

National School Choice Week in 6 days!

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Join tens of thousands of schools and millions of parents and children to raise awareness of K–12 education options. National School Choice Week starts in a week: January 25-31, 2026. Over 28,600 events and activities will take place across all 50 states during this weeklong celebration of school choice.  Of course, New Hampshire is one of the states having … Read more

Improving Literacy

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About 51% of fourth-grade students in our state are still not reading proficiently. In addition, we have a significant gap in the literacy proficiency rate of children with disabilities. The New Hampshire Department of Education supports a number of efforts to support families to help their children learn to read, including children with special needs. … Read more

3 January School Choice Fairs!

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EdOpt is holding 3, count ’em, three Fairs during National School Choice Week, the last week of January 2026. EdOpt Fair Schedule Children’s Scholarship Fund of NH is also holding a National School Choice Showcase & Fair on Wednesday, January 28, from 10am to noon at the Grappone Conference Center, Granite Ballroom. Be prepared to … Read more

SpEd families opt for school choice

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Schools get a lot of money to provide the supports that Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) or 504 plans specify. These plans are supposed to ensure that students receive a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) by schools receiving federal funds. I have heard stories from families about special needs children who aren’t getting the services they … Read more

The Alternative Hidden Gem – Adult Education

Quotation from 16-year old about how adult ed helped her

In response to my recent newsletter about alternative high schools in New Hampshire, I got an email from Crystal Sawyer. She asked if I knew about Adult Education and how they help high school students with alternative pathways. Turns out, I didn’t! There’s just so much to learn about the education options in NH. I … 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

4 Alternative high schools in NH

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A parent — we’ll call her Sally — contacted me recently about the options for Anna (also an alias), her 14-year-old daughter who just doesn’t fit into her district schools. She is smart, but not academically driven. She gets bullied. Really, she’s never been a good student. Sally is a single mom with a full … Read more

What is unschooling? Also, Keene pix

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For those of you who homeschool, or are considering homeschooling, Moira Mills started an amazing community about unschooling at skool.com that I invite you to check out. Decondition Together: A Community for the Deschooled and the Unschooling-Curious What if the real work of homeschooling isn’t curriculum at all, but deconditioning? Decondition Together is a space … Read more

CHANGE to Goffstown parent info session!

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The Parent Information Session scheduled for tomorrow in Goffstown has been CHANGED to a recorded online webinar instead! That way you can listen in while cooking dinner or getting ready for the next day.  Parent Information Session (Virtual)What Are My Education Options for My Children in My Area?Wednesday, November 5th at 5pm ETMeeting Link: https://meet.google.com/wmb-vxxc-xfs Katy Myers … Read more