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State Board approves several Learn Everywhere programs, rejects one application over curricular concerns
Summary
The board granted Learn Everywhere approval to a set of programs (Lumen Accreditation recognition, Body Works Martial Arts, New Hampshire Academy of Science AP Chemistry, Scouting America Exploring) and rejected MSI/Amiskig Health’s PREP application after members questioned curriculum depth, content and safeguards; Youth Climate Leaders Academy review was postponed pending curricular samples.
The State Board of Education considered a slate of Learn Everywhere program applications and took a mix of approvals, one rejection and requests for follow‑up.
Board members voted to recognize Lumen Accreditation as a program‑approval agency and approved Body Works Martial Art Training Center’s initial Learn Everywhere application after staff review and a motion (voice vote). Representatives from the New Hampshire Academy of Science described an AP Chemistry offering that pairs remote seminar instruction with intensive, in‑person laboratory sessions; the board approved that initial application and members praised the program’s lab capacity and outreach approach.
Jeffrey Pope presented Scouting America New Hampshire’s Exploring program, a career‑oriented model in which students spend guided hours with community partners and produce capstone projects and reflection logs; the board approved that application as well.
Not all applications were approved. Stephanie Savard of Amiskig Health presented a federally funded PREP sexual‑health curriculum; several board members said the packet lacked sufficient instructional detail and time‑on‑task to justify awarding high‑school credit and expressed concern about specific content items and parental notification. A motion to reject the Learn Everywhere initial application for the MSI/Amiskig PREP program carried.
The Youth Climate Leaders Academy (Vermont‑New Hampshire Energy Education Program) drew detailed questioning. Aubrey Nelson described year‑long student projects that could include energy work; board members asked for sample workshop content, lists of expert advisors, mapped standards demonstrating how energy and science content would be delivered, and proposed the group return with examples or a conditional approval limited to projects that provide in‑house content.
