The NH Executive Council on Wednesday unanimously supported Gov. Kelly Ayotte’s nomination of Caitlin Davis as commissioner of the state Department of Education.

Meeting in Pittsburg, the five-member council, approved Davis as successor to Frank Edelblut.

The decision came one day after the panel, which shares executive power with the governor, heard testimony from Democratic and Republican lawmakers as well as superintendents and teacher representatives, all praising Davis.

In taking the commissioner’s job, she is leaving her position as the NH Department of Education’s director of education analytics and resources, which she has held for eight years.

“Caitlin Davis’s collaborative, data-driven approach and relationships with school leaders, parents, and members of the Legislature fro

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