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ArchivesNew Hampshire's Original School Funding Lawsuit Towns 10 Years LaterBy Jon Greenberg on Monday, June 19, 2006.On Thursday, the state supreme court hears oral arguments in the latest challenge to the state's school funding plan. The plaintiff school districts say that lawmakers never obeyed a court order to define a basic, or adequate, education. That original court order was part of the Claremont decision, named after the coalition of towns that first sued the state back in 1990. Today the Claremont coalition and its partner groups issued a sort of progress report. It looks at whether the state has closed the gap between schools in property poor and property rich communities. New Hampshire Public Radio's Jon Greenberg has more. listen:
  Young Inventors to the RescueBy Shannon Mullen on Monday, June 19, 2006.Two teams of New Hampshire engineers have come up with a pair of new inventions to help solve problems in their communities. They developed their gadgets with support from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. But these aren’t your everyday inventors -- they’re teenagers. New Hampshire Public Radio correspondent Shannon Mullen has the story. listen:
The War TapesBy Lisa Peakes on Monday, June 19, 2006.New Hampshire filmmaker Deborah Scranton got some good news a few weeks ago. Her film, The War Tapes, had just been named Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film documents the lives of three New Hampshire soldiers who had been deployed to Iraq. But Scranton used a different technique than most filmmakers. She gave the soldiers the cameras. listen:
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