NHLI | New Hampshire Learning Initiative
All Students Deserve a Quality Education
Ellen Hume-Howard
Executive Director
Ellen Hume-Howard has served as Executive Director of the New Hampshire Learning Initiative (NHLI), a leading organization dedicated to advancing innovative, student-centered learning practices since 2017. A visionary leader and champion for competency-based education, Ellen has played a pivotal role in transforming instructional practices in New Hampshire and influencing educational reform nationwide. Under her guidance, NHLI has become a model for designing equitable and personalized learning systems that prepare students for future success. With a career spanning decades in public education, Ellen is known for her ability to empower educators, foster collaborative partnerships, and inspire systemic change that resonates far beyond state lines.
/ September 5, 2025
Reimagining Professional Development: Putting Educators at the Center of Change
If we want students to be curious, capable, and future-ready, we must invest in the educators who guide them. Professional development isn’t an add-on—it’s the engine of educational change.
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/ June 23, 2025
PreK-12 Generative AI Framework for NH Schools
Dear New Hampshire Educational Leaders, We are excited to announce the release of the New Hampshire PreK-12 Generative AI Framework, developed by the New Hampshire AI Education Collaborative (NHAIEC). This document serves […]
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/ May 16, 2025
From PACE to PLACE: How New Hampshire is Redefining School Accountability Through Classroom-Aligned Innovation
In the national conversation about education reform, New Hampshire has quietly—but powerfully—paved the way for a new vision of school accountability. At the heart of this vision lies a transformative […]
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/ February 3, 2025
Staying Committed to Competency-Based Learning
Empowering Students Through Competency-Based Learning: Staying True to Proven Practices in a World of Quick Fixes Educators and administrators often navigate a complex web of choices, initiatives, and pressures in […]
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/ May 31, 2022
NHLI Welcomes Two New Team Members
Hampton, NH — June 1, 2022 — The New Hampshire Learning Initiative announced that NH educators, Scott Laliberte and Brian Stack will join NHLI starting on July 1. “We look […]
Continue Reading/ July 1, 2020
Together and Stronger in the 603
We heard from many educators that they also needed normal conversations, and to focus on ideas that went beyond the current reality and look to a future to when we are past this crisis.
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/ December 5, 2019
Professional Learning that Matters
When you think about professional development in education it is reasonable to picture what most of us have experienced; full day workshops of “sit and get” and a “hope” that what was communicated in five hours will somehow miraculously change our practice. Or perhaps it is the “Wild West” professional learning approach, where one struts out on their own to pursue what they are personally interested in, only to find that alignment to district and school goals, or even educational strategies, proves problematic.
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/ May 23, 2018
JFF: Jobs For The Future
New Hampshire offers innovative, successful approaches in competency-based and deeper learning practices and is a model for other states to follow.
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/ May 23, 2018
Innovation Bright Spots in New Hampshire
Rochester Middle School http://www.rochesterschools.com/rms/ is our first pick as a “Bright Spot” of Innovation in education in New Hampshire. This week we had the pleasure of participating in Learning Walks […]
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