Over the past year there has been much debate in Nashua about whether separating students by ability in the middle schools, a process referred to as leveling or tracking, is appropriate.
It seems Nashua isn’t the only district having this conversation.
According to an article in today’s New York Times, the Stamford, Conn. school district, a district similar in size and demographics to Nashua, has decided to deviate [...]

About 50 district administrators will be attending a leadership workshop later this month hosted by the Center for Secondary School Redesign.
The title of the workshop is “Change Leadership,” which, according to the district, will “focus on what must be done to enhance both infrastructure/system and leadership capacity to ensure the success of any new initiative.” Funding [...]

When the city gets a new superintendent, it’s not unusual for that person to come into the job without any previous experience running a school district.
In fact, it’s the norm.
Last night, the Board of Education named former business administrator Mark Conrad as its choice for superintendent. Conrad, currently chief financial officer for the Bedford schools, said he [...]

This afternoon, we’ll find out who the four finalists are for the soon-to-be vacant superintendent position in Nashua.
The fact that the Board of Education is even announcing finalists shows a step in the right direction as far as transparency goes. The identities of the finalists were a tightly-guarded secret in 2005, when the board was looking for a [...]

Nashua Superintendent Christopher Hottel told Board of Education members Monday night that he is looking into truancy issues at the Phoenix Program.
The Phoenix Program, located at 440 Amherst St., is used by the school district as an alternative placement for “at-risk” students in grades 6 through 10. It was previously known as the Academy of Learning and Technology. The [...]