Kelly Burch is an award-winning journalist who covers health, business, finance and more. Her reported pieces and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Independent, Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Business Insider, where she's a regular contributor. Kelly loves that the Collaborative gives her the opportunity to cover local New Hampshire news with a solutions lens and the same caliber of reporting that she brings to national stories. When she's not at her desk, Kelly is hiking or kayaking around the Granite State. Follow Kelly on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

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FOR THE FIRST TIME, EDUCATION COMMISSIONER SPEAKS PUBLICLY ABOUT MINIMUM STANDARDS REVISION, BUT HE FACES SKEPTICISM

N.H. LEGISLATORS CONTINUE TO IGNORE THREE-YEAR-OLD SCHOOL-FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS

MIXED-AGE LEARNING IS A TENET OF COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION. EDUCATORS SAY IT’S EFFECTIVE, BUT DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT.

NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS EXPERIMENTED WITH A RADICAL APPROACH TO COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION. THE FAILURE OF THE PILOT MIRRORS CURRENT CONCERNS OVER REVISIONS IN STATE MINIMUM STANDARDS.

STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION PRODUCES AN UNEXPECTED DOCUMENT TO GUIDE UPDATES OF MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

MAIN STORY: NEW EDUCATION STANDARDS CONTINUE A DECADES-LONG PUSH TOWARD COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION IN THE GRANITE STATE.

UNEVENLY APPLIED, COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING HAS ACHIEVED MIXED RESULTS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE 

DISTRUST AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY CLOUD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING, EDUCATORS SAY. 

NH'S PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE PROGRAM AIMS TO INCREASE PARTICIPATION DURING SECOND YEAR

EDUCATORS: DISTRUST AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY CLOUD DISCUSSIONS ABOUT BENEFITS OF COMPETENCY-BASED LEARNING

NH EDUCATORS GIVE LOW MARKS TO PROPOSED EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS CHANGES