Search Result for: New Hampshire


Adequacy Plaintiffs Win Summary Judgement in new hampshire

...me of posting, but may require registration or expire over time. The plaintiff school districts in new hampshire's current adequacy lawsuit, Londonderry School District v. State, have won summary judgment before a state superior court. In his ruling, Justice William Groff said that the legislature was failing its constitutional educational duty because it had not defined an adequate education, determined its cost, funded it, or ensured its delivery to new hampshire students as directed in an ea...
Date: 2006-04-01

RSFN-Extras: new hampshire Funding Lawsuit Dismissed

...e over time, and may require free registration for access. The state Supreme Court has said that new hampshire is doing enough to meet its constitutional obligations and dismissed the 17-year-old Londonderry school funding case. The adequacy case had proven successful in forcing systemic change for the rural districts and other plaintiffs who claimed that the Legislature was failing its educational duties because it had not defined an adequate education, determined the cost, funded it, or ens...
Date: 2008-11-06

Child Poverty Highest Among Rural African-Americans and Rural Single Mothers

...e in poverty than children in suburban or central city communities. A brief from the University of new hampshire’s Carsey Institute reports that one in five young rural white children, two in five young rural Hispanic children, and one in two young rural African-American children live in poverty. That compares to central city poverty rates of 45.3% for young African-American children, 40.4% for young Hispanic children, and 22.2% for young white children. Poverty is defined in 2009 as $21,...
Date: 2010-10-27

Fact and Figures: 16 States With High Rural Student Populations

... Alabama (39.7%), Tennessee (38.7%), North Dakota (38.6%), Kentucky (38.5%), West Virginia (37.6%), new hampshire (35.8%), Arkansas (35.5%), Georgia (34.8%), Iowa (34.3%), and Montana (33.9%). (Why Rural Matters, 2011–12. Data source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, Public School Universe, 2008–09.)   Read more from the August 2012 Rural Policy Matters....
Date: 2012-08-27

Facts and Figures About Rural Students of Color

...he total number of rural students of color more than double between 1995-96 and 2004-05? Answer: new hampshire (165.8%); Iowa (154.7%); Illinois (134.9%); Missouri (120.2%); Vermont (119.0%); Pennsylvania (118.4%); Nebraska (118.1%); Maine (107.5%); Kansas (103.8%); Utah (102.8%); Oregon (102.3%); and Indiana (1.2.0%). Read more from the January 2009 Rural Policy Matters.  ...
Date: 2009-01-02

Facts and Figures About States That Have More Than Half Their Schools in Rural Communities

...laska (65.5%); Nebraska (59.6%); Wyoming (57.0%); Arkansas (54.2%); Iowa (54.2%); Oklahoma (52.5%); new hampshire (51.9%); Alabama (51.6%); and West Virginia (51.4%).   (Source: Why Rural Matters, 2009, based on data from the U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, Public School Universe, 2006–07.) Read more from the July 2010 Rural Policy Matters....
Date: 2010-07-23

Facts and Figures About States With Highest Funding Per Rural Student

...oming ($9,333), New Jersey ($8,783), Vermont ($8,651), Connecticut ($8,604), Rhode Island ($8,438), new hampshire ($7,899), Massachusetts ($7,473), and Maryland ($7,095). (Why Rural Matters, 2011–12. Data source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, Public School Universe, 2008–09.) Read more from the December 2012 Rural Policy Matters....
Date: 2012-12-20

Facts and Figures about States With Most Schools in Rural Places

....1%), Arkansas (55.2%), Oklahoma (53.9%), West Virginia (53.4%), Iowa (53.2%), Mississippi (51.2%), new hampshire (51.0%), and North Carolina (50.2%). In addition, more than 49% of schools are located in rural areas in Kentucky (49.8%), Kansas (49.8%), and Alabama (49.1%). Source: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, Public School Universe, 2006-07. In Why Rural Matters 2011-12. Read more from the June 2012 Rural Policy Matters....
Date: 2012-06-25

Investing in Innovation (i3) Grant

...is builds on very innovative work that has been accomplished in a number of rural schools in Maine, new hampshire, and Vermont that have implemented performance-based initiatives. Read more    Rural School Innovations Webinar Series: Building Assets-Reducing Risks The Search Institute's "Building Assets-Reducing Risks (BARR) Program: Replication and Expansion of an Effective Strategy to Turn Around Low-Achieving Schools" was the focus of the third Rural School and Communit...
Date: 2013-01-25

New Film on Positive Effects of PBIS

...r expire over time. The filmmaker in residence at the Institute on Disability at the University of new hampshire has created a documentary, “Who Cares About Kelsey?” to illustrate the challenges for students who have emotional and behavioral disabilities and the importance of including them in regular classrooms and learning settings. The lead character in the film has ADHD and has suffered from homelessness and substance abuse. When a new school leadership team implements Positive...
Date: 2012-10-29

Rachel's Notes: February 20, 2008

...pic. So here are my three connections of the week. The Carsey Institute at the University of new hampshire publishes a lot of really good information on a variety of rural issues. These reports are excellent resources for writing grant proposals. And many of their reports are short and to the point. The latest piece on rural youth describes a troublesome problem—nationally 10% of youth between the ages of 18 and 24 are idle, that is they are not in school, the workforce, or the Arme...
Date: 2008-02-20

Rachel's Notes: October 22, 2008

...ation of her creative arts project that culminated in a seven-minute video. Nick Donahue, former new hampshire Commissioner of Education and now head of the Nellie Mae foundation, talked about state efforts in New England including Rhode Island’s system that includes performance assessment for 30% of graduation requirements. By October 24th, these presentations will be available online at www.forumforeducation.org. I encourage you to look at them and if you are interested in learn...
Date: 2008-10-22

Rural Child Poverty Rates Often Higher than Urban

...ysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau performed by the Carsey Institute at the University of new hampshire. A child living in rural areas is more likely to live in poverty than one who lives in the central cities in 19 states. In three more states there are not enough rural communities to make a comparison. The rural child poverty rates are about double the central city rates in Alaska, Vermont, and Wyoming, more than twenty percent higher in Arizona, Hawaii, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexic...
Date: 2008-10-10

Rural Innovations Webinar Series: New England Network for Personalization and Performance (NETWORK)

...ion or expire over time. In the third Rural Innovations webinar, held May 11, staff of three rural new hampshire high schools that participate in the New England Network for Personalization and Performance NETWORK shared their experiences re-structuring their schools around student-driven learning and assessments that require students to demonstrate complex knowledge and thinking. All three schools offer students opportunities for real-world, inquiry-based learning with a community component...
Date: 2011-05-29

Rural Policy Matters: April 2006

...al district court review before becoming law.   Adequacy Plaintiffs Win Summary Judgement in new hampshire The plaintiff school districts in new hampshire's current adequacy lawsuit, Londonderry School District v. State have won summary judgment before a state superior court...   Colorado Coalition Loses Funding Children's Voices, a Colorado coalition representing 14 school districts and numerous parents lost its funding suit at the state court level when Denver District Judge Mi...
Date: 2006-04-01