Competency Based learning series
This is an ongoing series looking at two distinct but intertwined issues: the revision of the state's minimum standards for public school approval (a set of administrative rules known as the 306s), and New Hampshire's ongoing efforts to advance competency-based education, a learning model that emphasizes mastery of a subject and real-world applications of learning.
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Kelly Burch - Reporter. Kelly Burch is an award-winning journalist who covers health, business, finance and more. Her reported pieces and essays have appeared in The Washington Post, The Independent, Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post, and Business Insider, where she's a regular contributor. Kelly loves that the Collaborative gives her the opportunity to cover local New Hampshire news with a solutions lens and the same caliber of reporting that she brings to national stories. When she's not at her desk, Kelly is hiking or kayaking around the Granite State. Follow Kelly on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Philip Kincade - Reporter/Editor. I have been a New Hampshire journalist for 44 years. I spent five years, until 2022, as Executive Director of the New Hampshire Press Association. Before that, I spent five years at the Nashua Telegraph as first as Managing Editor for Content and retiring as Executive Editor in 2015. I spent five years, until 2022, as Executive Director of the New Hampshire Press Association. Before that, I spent 33 years at Foster's Daily Democrat as Rockingham County Reporter, Portsmouth Bureau Chief, NH Statehouse/Political Reporter, News Editor, Editorial Page/Political Editor, and leaving as Managing Editor for Online News and Content in 2010.
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