Story Archives of 'Iris Estabrook'

Governor John Lynch has allowed the state’s latest education plan to become law without his signature.

He let it pass so the state could meet a court-imposed deadline to determine the cost an adequate education.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

A joint legislative committee charged with costing out an adequate education has finally arrived at a set of principles for funding education in New Hampshire. The group agrees money be sent to the school level instead of the district and that all schools should receive a universal amount of funding - $3,500 per pupil. Where they don’t agree is on how much money beyond the base amount should go towards those students on free and reduced lunch. We’ll take a look at how we got here, what the specifics of the legislative plan are and what happens next.

Guests

• Iris Estabrook, Democratic Senator from Durham, Vice-President for Policy, Chair of the Education Committee and member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Adequacy
• David Hess, Republican Representative from Hooksett, member of the Education Committee and and member of the Joint Legislative Committee on Adequacy

With less than a week before its deadline, the Joint Legislative Committee charged with pricing out education adequacy has fully developed a set of principles.

What remains unclear is just how much those principles would cost.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports.

New Hampshire lawmakers have reached a compromise on the definition of an adequate education.

Now the full House and Senate must sign off.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Dan Gorenstein reports that leadership in both chambers expects that to happen.

For over eight years Charter Schools have been operating in certain states, yet have been met with much resistance in the Granite State. Now, with different rules for approval, four charter schools will soon open in New Hampshire under the very watchful eye of state skeptics. A charter school debate is next on the Exchange. Mike's guests are Susan Hollins, Founder of the New Hampshire Charter School Resource Center. Mark Joyce, Executive Director of The New Hampshire School Administrators Association. Senator Iris Estabrook, Democratic Senator from Durham and sponsor of SB421, establishing criteria for the evaluation of charter school applications and Alexis Dascoulias, Chair of the Design Team for Cocheco Arts and Technology Academy: A Public Charter High School in Dover.