http://nhpr.org en http://nhpr.org/post/common-core-coming-school-near-you <p><span style="line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Arial&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-bidi-font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">New Hampshire is among some forty states to adopt this more rigorous set of standards for math and language arts in public schools. But just as this bi-partisan effort becomes reality, the system is facing some backlash from both the right and left. Sat, 18 May 2013 20:00:00 +0000 Laura Knoy 27711 at http://nhpr.org The Common Core: Coming To A School Near You http://nhpr.org/post/nh-sends-no-child-left-behind-waiver-request <p>As expected the state Department of Education today<a href="http://www.governor.nh.gov/media/news/2012/090612-no-child-left-behind.htm"> formally asked </a>the federal government for a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. The state's request is 96 pages long, it's a full document, but NHPR's Brady Carlson sat down with reporter Sam Evans-Brown talk about what it contains.</p><p>Brady Carlson: What does getting a waiver from No Child Left Behind actually mean?</p> Thu, 06 Sep 2012 20:02:23 +0000 Sam Evans-Brown and Brady Carlson 12385 at http://nhpr.org N.H. Sends Off No Child Left Behind Waiver Request