New Hampshire ‘learning pod’ proponents tackle new obstacle: zoning

By: Ethan DeWitt

Outlets: NH Bulletin

Published: March 2, 2026

Words: 1,055

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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After the COVID-19 pandemic upended public education, New Hampshire’s Department of Education sought a new avenue for state investment: “learning pods.”

Presented by then-Commissioner Frank Edelblut, the idea was to allow parents to send children to smaller classroom environments outside the public school system, run by “tutors,” to allow more one-to-one attention and combat learning loss. And in 2021, the state devoted an initial $5.8 million of federal COVID relief funds to help …

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