NH School Scoop Podcast
by Bill Carozza
NH School Scoop is a weekly Substack summary of significant education news impacting school personnel and families in the Granite State. A new post will appear every Tuesday and more often when breaking education news occurs. The NH School Scoop Podcast is a summary of the education news anchored by the Substack newsletter.
Episodes
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NH School Scoop Podcast - November 4, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter and summarizes each week’s major NH education news. New Hampshire voters weigh in on local tax caps, Nashua confronts potential school closures, and a college provost resigns over inappropriate AI use. Links to...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - October 28, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter and summarizes each week’s major NH education news. The US Supreme Court weighs in on NH’s voter ID rule, an EFA audit is being stalled, and new ADA enforcement guidance may hurt those with disabilities. Links…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - October 21, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter and summarizes each week’s major NH education news. The U.S. Secretary of Education visits the Granite State, questions remain about the use of student IDs for voting, and schools focus on safety following the...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - October 14, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter and summarizes each week’s major NH education news. Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter and summarizes each week’s major NH education news. New data from two...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - October 7, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter and summarizes each week’s major NH education news. A new federal tax-credit scholarship program will launch soon; many students will be eligible for free tuition at state colleges; and Milton is the latest NH...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - September 30, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter, summarizing each week’s major NH education news. The NH Supreme Court says yes to the tax cap question, Reaching Higher releases its 2026 NH Educator’s Views on Public Education, and Title IX is further…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - September 23, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter, summarizing each week’s major NH education news. The NH tax-cap question will remain on the November ballot, Claremont’s financial crisis yields fiscal lessons for educators, and federal court decisions impede...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - September 16, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast accompanies the weekly newsletter, summarizing each week’s major NH education news. MacDonald’s resignation could impact NH schools, the school tax cap is under scrutiny, and significant changes may be coming to the Kearsarge School District....
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NH School Scoop Podcast - September 9, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Statewide student test results show encouraging gains, and the Federal government has removed gender identity-related civil rights data from its latest…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - September 2, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. NH will receive more than $200 million from Meta, a federal appeals court found that Bow officials violated parents’ speech rights, and there’s encouraging…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - August 26, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Most of Gov. Ayotte’s vetoes survived override attempts, experts are raising concerns about federal vaccine policy, and US education officials are sending...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - August 19, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. The NH Attorney General wants to overturn Claremont, new data show EFA enrollment is increasing by 25 percent, and the NH Department of Education creates a...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - August 12, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. The NH House and Senate will take up the Governor's vetoes, districts are reminded to avoid electioneering, and the Trump Administration intervenes in child...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - August 5, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Goodlander calls for a federal investigation into the Sununu Center abuses, we have new data on teacher reaction to the NH school cellphone ban, and districts...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - July 22, 2026
All NH voters will decide this November whether to impose a local school property tax cap, Gov. Ayotte has again vetoed a “bathroom bill,” and NH schools rank high in a recent study. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our website, nhschoolscoop.substack.com. This...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - July 15, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter, which summarizes each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: Educators must now respond to parent questions within 10 days, transgender student athletes end their challenge to NH sports...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - July 1, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: 1 out of 5 bills in the NH legislative this session were education-related, significant changes in Texas education have national…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - June 24, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: Ayotte vetoes the “bathroom bill,” EFAs are receiving greater bipartisan scrutiny, and school districts may receive higher state special...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - June 17, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: We look back on the New Hampshire legislative session, celebrate the Granite State’s Teacher of the Year, and explore a high-tech...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - June 10, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: A spending cap bill heads to the Governor, open enrollment efforts are set aside for this session, and NH students and educators...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - June 3, 2026
This morning I received an important update from Alex Tilsley, Director of Policy at Reaching Higher New Hampshire, about an important detail I did not report on in the Scoop: She alerted me that another piece of open enrollment legislation emerging from negotiations concerns the funding model in...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - May 27, 2026
Addendum: On today’s podcast, we report that the Conference Committee on public school open enrollment issue met yesterday. The Committee met for only five minutes and postponed its agenda until today. If major news comes out of Concord, we’ll be sure to send out a special Scoop edition. Welcome…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - May 20, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: A wave of education bills emerges from Concord, a frightening school bus incident underscores the urgency of student safety, and...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - May 13, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The Canvas hack reminds us that education data is not secure, NH excels in robotics, and the largest national study on cell phone...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - May 6, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The backstory of the open enrollment bill is interesting, SchoolCare must continue paying health claims, and guns will not be...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - April 9, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The Open Enrollment Bill fails for this session, a new NEA education report shows troubling NH data, and the EDies season is upon…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - April 22, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: Students and faculty might be allowed to carry firearms at NH public colleges and universities, we have a new McAuliffe sabbatical...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - April 15, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: A revision to open enrollment is proposed in the NH House, the NH Child Advocate alerts the Executive Council to abuse at SYSC…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - April 8, 2026.
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: NH college students can no longer use their school IDs to vote, the ConVal School District is under Title IX investigation, and...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - April 1, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The NH legislature challenges the Courts around adequacy, open enrollment moves closer to reality, and civics tests may be coming…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - March 25, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The open enrollment journey reaches its next step, the NH Department of Education may be required to revise academic standards…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - March 18, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: Local communities are calling the shots on education, SAU reorganization efforts have stalled, and Dean Kamen steps down from…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - March 11, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: NH progressives propose new education taxes, annual school meetings illustrate the idea that "all politics is local," and college...
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NH School Scoop - March 4, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The Governor wants Claremont overturned, the NH legislature flexes its education lawmaking muscles, and the President stays mum on...
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NH School Scoop - February 25, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The CHARLIE Act moves forward, NH GOP escalates parental-rights push, and vaccine mandate policy withstands challenge. Links to…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - February 18, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: Open enrollment continues to confuse citizens and agitate educators, numerous towns and cities are facing school budget deficits, and EFAs…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - February 11, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: The Governor highlights education in her "State of the State," open enrollment is on hold for now, and NH students peacefully...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - February 4, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: Open enrollment is potentially "a wrecking ball of chaos," Christa's memory continues to shine, and let's celebrate CTE this…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - January 28, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. This week: NH has a blizzard of legislative activity, we mark the passing of Mayor and Principal Bob Baines, and Rep. Noble’s online post noting segregation…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - January 21, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. NH Rep. Kristen Noble advocates for politically segregated schools, "legislation January" continues in Concord, and the Brookings Institution releases new…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - January 14, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major New Hampshire education news. Today’s Episode: School budget caps are off the table for now, open enrollment policies are gaining traction across districts, and the state may…
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NH School Scoop Podcast - January 7, 2026
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: As 2026 begins, we're monitoring state education policy that could lower qualifications for P.E. teachers, restrict teaching on controversial...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - The Top 10 NH Education Stories of 2025
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. NH education was transformed in 2025: voucher expansion, federal shifts, funding crises. The Scoop's Top 10 stories reveal the decisions and debates shaping...
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NH School Scoop - December 24, 2025
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. New Hampshire considers slashing certification requirements for P.E. and health teachers, GOP lawmakers push “campus carry,” and teachers are told to put away...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - December 17, 2025
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: New Hampshire's COGE has released education-related recommendations, the 50th anniversary of IDEA comes at a vulnerable time, and the NH...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - December 10, 2025
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: New EFA data reveals insights into NH's school voucher system, federal policy reshapes realities for NH educators and families, and research...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - December 3, 2025
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. Today’s Episode: Republican lawmakers are interested in purging 93 SAUs, a non-profit calls for an investigation into NH's disability care system, and was a...
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NH School Scoop - November 26, 2025
Welcome to the NH School Scoop Podcast. This podcast will accompany the weekly newsletter summarizing each week’s major NH education news. As we near Thanksgiving, let's thank our NH educators. Also, the US Department of Education continues to fade, we hear more from Claremont, and our NH...
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NH School Scoop Podcast - November 19, 2025
Leading school choice advocate Rep. Cordelli resigns, NH student enrollment dips, and open enrollment keeps some educators awake at night. Links to our stories and all of our Scoop editions can be found on our website, nhschoolscoop.substack.com. You can also head there to subscribe and share....
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NH School Scoop Podcast - November 12, 2025
Breaking News: Rep. Glenn Cordelli, a leading school-choice advocate and chair of the House Education Policy and Administration Committee, resigned his Carroll District 7 seat after selling his Tuftonboro home and moving out of district. His name was removed from the House roster and committee...
About this show
NH School Scoop is a weekly Substack summary of significant education news impacting school personnel and families in the Granite State. A new post will appear every Tuesday and more often when breaking education news occurs. The NH School Scoop Podcast is a summary of the education news anchored by the Substack newsletter.
Hosted by
Bill Carozza
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