March 29, 2022

In pursuit of equity, some NH schools continue shift away from 'leveling'

March 29, 2022

As a middle-schooler in Nashua, Joslyn Villavicencio wanted to challenge herself. But she was surprised to find it wasn't as easy as just signing up for harder coursework.

"I had to push myself and had to contact teachers just to put me in the honor roll," she said, "because I was noticing there was a disadvantage if I was in lower classes," especially once she moved up to Nashua High School North.

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As we continue our examination of education and equity in New Hampshire, the Granite State News Collaborative and its partners would love your help. We want the community to drive our work.

We’re forming a private Facebook group called Teachers Off the Record, a space for educators and journalists to discuss what’s happening in New Hampshire’s schools.

We’re also hosting a variety of listening sessions with educational professionals and others with a stake in the Granite State’s educational system.

For students, we've developed an informal survey to gather ideas about what's working and what isn't in New Hampshire classrooms.

As part of the series, we will be releasing studies and data that we’ve gathered about education in New Hampshire. We’ve created a Data Library to make this information easier to share and understand. Each piece of information comes with details about where it comes from and what we did with it.

We hope that these efforts will inform our reporting and help us understand what families, students and schools want from education in the Granite State — and what they need to make the system work for everyone.

To become involved in guiding our coverage of education inequity in New Hampshire, contact Granite State News Collaborative engagement reporter Nour Habib at nour.habib@collaborativenh.org.