-
Kindergarten is a year of transition. Kids are learning how to listen, follow directions, sit still... but while they are making that transition, there’s…
-
The number of New Hampshire public school districts offering full day kindergarten has been on the rise since 1999, when there were fewer than a dozen.…
-
It was just over a year ago, at Keene area School District’s annual board retreat, and Deputy Superintendent Reuben Duncan was expecting the usual…
-
When children go hungry at school, they’re less able to learn. They also experience higher levels of anxiety, irritability, aggressiveness, and…
-
Studies show that growing up below the poverty line can have serious health implications, but can it have a lasting effect on the brain? We continue…
-
While New Hampshire has the nation’s lowest official poverty rate, malnourishment is an issue for many low income kids. And with many short and long-term…
-
Report: N.H. Struggles To Get Poor Students To Eat Breakfast At SchoolIt makes sense that students who eat a healthy breakfast are more likely to perform well at school.And while data shows that across the country, more…
-
In 2000, a committee of researchers compiled nearly a century of knowledge on how children develop from birth to age five. The findings, published in a…
-
As with other health markers, N.H. consistently ranks high in measures of youth dental health and, overall, the state of children's teeth in New Hampshire…
-
You probably never would have guessed it, but one of the front lines of public health in New Hampshire is on the second floor of an elementary school in…