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Kate Baker-Demers: NH’s EdUtopia

A teacher points to a board as students listen in a fourth grade classroom at William Jefferson Clinton Elementary in Compton, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025. Photo: Associated Press/AP Photo/Eric Thayer

Kate Baker-Demers: NH’s EdUtopia

How is NH doing it —helping students and parents find the right educational path for each student? What programs can the student and the parent access to help create the education journey that best supports the student?

Kate Baker DemersChildren’s Scholarship Fund New Hampshire (CSF), parent Adetokunbo (Addie) Adekoya, former student and current Alumni Coordinator at CSF, and Elizabeth ‘LIzzie’ Orlowski, join us in the studio to discuss how programs such as CSF and the Education Freedom Accounts (EFA) help parents and their students find the support and the right fit for the students unique needs.

 

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