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(WHDH) — Students in New Hampshire are getting some hands-on learning high up in the sky. Kids are now able to put flight lessons toward<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/learn-everywhere-program-encouraging-nh-high-school-students-to-learn-outside-classroom/">Read More</a>

GILFORD — Laconia Flight Academy/Sky Bright Aviation in Gilford will help high school students earn their diplomas while working to address a worldwide shortage of pilots.

Elements MMA has become the first organization in Keene to join the state’s Learn Everywhere program, which offers students academic credit for work done outside the traditional classroom, the N.H.

Nashua-based instrument and vocal school North Main Music, launched by Mike McAdam in 2003, helps youth develop skills in music and beyond.

Over 150 state bills this session cater to public education

College students pay upwards of $1,100 a year for books and supplies, so many schools are working to try to reduce the burden. A study from U.S. Public Interest Research Group found the cost of course materials has increased at three times the rate of inflation since the 1970s, due mostly to lack of competition in the college publishing industry. ...

Georgia is stepping up efforts to help students seize college opportunities. Starting this week, students can apply to partner schools with the Georgia Student Finance Commission without any application fees during Apply to College Month in November. In addition, Gov. ...

Public schoolteachers in Texas say the state desperately needs to boost its overall investment in students and education programs. Instead, lawmakers are focused on a private school voucher program. Halfway through its third special session, the Texas Senate passed a bill to set aside taxpayer dollars for families to use on private schools, with a competing bill introduced in the House. ...

Credit unions in Colorado and across the Mountain West are helping high school students tackle money challenges through "Bites of Reality" fairs. The app-based program forces students to make budgeting and spending decisions in real time. Sarae Bay, vice president and managing director of the GoWest Credit Union Association Foundation, said the fairs -- which assign each participant a persona including a job, income, a family, monthly expenses and debt -- allow students to ex...

Educators in New Hampshire say the states approval of a financial literacy course by conservative nonprofit PragerU spells trouble for public schools. PragerU describes itself as "an alternative to the left-wing ideology...in education." Its "Cash Course" requires students to watch a series of videos and pass a multiple-choice test for school credit. Megan Tuttle, president of the National Education Association in New Hampshire, says the course lacks rigor a...