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New Report Puts Dropout Rate at 25%

By Jon Greenberg on Thursday, May 30, 2002.

One out of four students drop out between 8th grade and high school graduation. That rate is four times higher than official estimates. The new numbers come from a report written by the independent New Hampshire Center for Public Policy Studies.
When the state released its figures last October, it found the average drop out rate was a little under 6%. But the public policy center’s co-director, Doug Hall, looked at how many students left from the time they first entered high school in ninth grade.
Hall spoke with NHPR’s Jon Greenberg.

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Bullies

By Laura Knoy on Thursday, May 30, 2002.

Parents and school administrators are especially sensitive about students mistreating their peers these days. But our guest says, adults often identify the wrong culprits and misuse zero-tolerance policies. We?ll talk about that and finding the line between teasing and bullying. Laura speaks with students from Weare Middle School wms.weare.k12.nh.us and William Preble, president of Main Street Academix www.mainstreetacademix.org and associate professor of education at New England College www.nec.org.

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Henry the Cheese Man

By John Walters on Thursday, May 30, 2002.

Henry Tewksbury works at the cheese counter of the Brattleboro Food Co-op. And he's written a book about the booming artisan cheese movement in Vermont. We'll talk about cheese... and about Henry's earlier career as a Hollywood director who worked with Jane Fonda, Elvis Presley, Fred MacMurray, and many more.

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Timberland's Servapalooza

By Mark Bevis on Thursday, May 30, 2002.

Today is a big day for officials and employees at the Timberland Company. It's their 5th annual Day of Service, they call it Servapalooza. And this year organizers have included Timberland workers in factories abroad. As Company President and CEO tells NHPR's Mark Bevis, the Day of Service is an integral part of Timberland's corporate philosophy.

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New Data on School Dropouts Alarms Lawmakers

By David Darman on Thursday, May 30, 2002.

Two key New Hampshire lawmakers today expressed alarm over new data on high school dropouts. The lawmakers, both Republican, also blamed Governor Jeanne Shaheen for the state's educational troubles. NHPR's David Darman has more.

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