Archives

This month, legislators will begin debating a bill that would raise the compulsory age of school attendance to 18.

Current state law allows students to dropout at 16, with a parent’s consent.

The measure has bipartisan support. But many educators say changing the law without successful dropout prevention programs in place, may only harm students.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports.

Privacy Information:

This statement discloses the privacy practices for New Hampshire Public Radio. Your personal privacy is important -- very important. But depending on how you use our web site, you may decide to give us certain personal information. We want you to know that we treat that information with as much concern for your privacy as we do when you call us to make a pledge and become a member. Please read the details in the sections below. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the New Media Coordinator.

This Monday marks the 15-year anniversary of the start of the first Gulf War. We'll look back at the untold stories of that war and others with Rick Beyer. He's the author of the new book, The Greatest War Stories Never Told: 100 Tales from Military History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy.

Later in the show, we'll meet Air Force pilot Kim Ponders. She became one of the first women to fly in a combat zone during her stint in the first Gulf War. Her novel "The Art of Uncontrolled Flight" draws upon her six years of experience flying over the Middle East to tell the story of a similar, fictional pilot.

TONIGHT'S SONG: "Red Dust", by Calexico and Iron and Wine. The two bands have united to record a new CD called In the Reins. You can read more about the bands and download a recent live performance by them at NPR's website -- just click here.