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ArchivesThe NECAP Scores Are InBy Mark Bevis on Tuesday, March 21, 2006.The long-awaited NECAP scores are in. If you don't have a child in school or aren't an educator, NECAP stands for the New England Common Assessment Program. It's a standardized test that's designed to help track a student's progress through his or her public school career. Such testing is required by the Federal No Child Left Behind Act. Under the law, pupils in grades three through eight are tested each fall in reading and math. Fifth- and eighth-graders are also tested in writing. New Hamphire's Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy described the state's scores to NHPR's Mark Bevis. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
State Tests New Accessible Voting MachinesBy Dan Gorenstein on Tuesday, March 21, 2006.The New Hampshire Secretary of State's Office has unveiled its new voting machine. The federal Help America Vote Act requires all states to provide polling places with a voting system that is accessible to those with disabilities. New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein reports that the dry-run during Bedford's town meeting revealed the state still has to work out a few kinks. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
School Funding Amendment AmendedBy Josh Rogers on Tuesday, March 21, 2006.New Hampshire Senate to vote this week on a Constitutional Amendment that seeks to clarify the legislature's role in setting state education policy. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
A Smoking Ban May Finally Pass New Hampshire HouseBy Mark Bevis on Tuesday, March 21, 2006.State lawmakers Tuesday are expected to take up legislation banning smoking in restaurants and bars. Similar legislation has come before the House in previous sessions, but this year it seems to have enough support to pass. One business organization backing the bill is also one of the largest in the state.....the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Robin Comstock is the Chamber's President. She tolds NHPR's Mark Bevis that her group is not breaking with the business community, but is, in fact, speaking for it. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
What Good Men Do / NH's ExportsBy Shay Zeller on Tuesday, March 21, 2006.We talk with Scott Laliberte about his new novel What Good Men Do. His four main characters make bad decisions and suffer some of life’s toughest lessons. We'll also talk with Ross Gittell at UNH's Business School about why New Hampshire currently leads New England in exports around the world. listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
Cultural WithdrawalBy Laura Knoy on Tuesday, March 21, 2006.“The conventional wisdom driving today’s politics and public life is dead wrong†says national pollster and Harwood Institute founder Richard Harwood. In a new book he suggests that instead of being a nation divided between politics, income or belief, Americans are simply retreating from each other and that to advance again means coming back together in public forums, public centers and in our public affairs. Laura's guest is Richard Harwood, President and Founder of the Harwood Institute For Public Innovation and author of "Hope Unraveled: The People's Retreat and Our Way Back" *Richard Harwood will be speaking at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at St. Anselm College in Manchester tomorrow night at 7 and on Thursday afternoon he’s be speaking at an invitation only group of civic leaders and philanthropists at the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation.* listen: No audio currently available. Order on CD (pdf).
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