NH moving ahead with education reforms
By Norma Love
Associated Press Writer / July 29, 2010
Associated Press Writer / July 29, 2010
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CONCORD, N.H.—New Hampshire has missed out on federal Race to the Top funding twice, but is moving ahead with some education reforms anyway -- especially new ways to evaluate teachers.
The Department of Education is working on a new system to determine what teachers should be doing to be effective and develop a model evaluation for the state's school districts.
The U.S. Department of Education rejected New Hampshire's applications both
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