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
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
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
National School Choice Week was celebrated all over the country, including here in New Hampshire. National School Choice Week isn’t just about policy OR education freedom accounts — it’s about real people finding and creating schools and learning spaces where children thrive. In NH, it includes open enrollment, tax credit scholarships, town tuitioning, innovation schools, … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
We are celebrating our first full year as an organization. Looking back at the year gives me hope that we can achieve our mission. EdOpt was named an “All Star” by the National School Choice Awareness Foundation. Our website was refreshed to make it easy to find homeschool and education providers around the state and … Read more
A mom in the NH EFA Home Educators Facebook group recently asked where she could find physical activities for her two homeschooled girls somewhere between Hillsboro and Concord. There were a few responses, which looked helpful. This is exactly the type of thing EdOpt supports. I quickly found 19 possible activities on our website in … Read more
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
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
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
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
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
