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A provision to punish states financially for failing to improve student performance has been eliminated from the federal school aid bill which won final congressional approval Tuesday (12/18). As the bill now stands, states will be required to expand student testing, but regardless of the test results, they will not be threatened with loss of federal aid. Democrats pushed for a bill with "teeth" but conservatives objected on the grounds sanctions would undermine states' rights.

New Hampshire's population is getting older, but it's not clear whether the state is ready to handle the costs that go along with caring for the elderly. We'll find out what more needs to be done. Trish?s guests are Representative Neal Kurk, chairman of the House Finance Committee and chair of the Long Term Care Institute of New Hampshire www.nhltci.org , and David Frydman, Director of the Institute for Health, Law and Ethics at Franklin Pierce Law Center www.fplc.edu/healthlaw/title.htm

The latest Census data for New Hampshire are out, and MUCH OF THE news is good. New Hampshire now ranks eighth IN THE NATION FOR THE BEST EDUCATED POPULATION. Thirty percent of people in the state have a bachelor?s degree or more. BUT AS NHPR CORRESPONDENT ALISON WELLNER REPORTS, THE TREND IS NOT DUE TO PARTICULARLY GOOD SCHOOLS?BUT THE SUCCESSFUL IMPORT OF BRAINS.