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With a call for expanded gambling in the state could a "racino" be headed to New Hampshire? Plus, a lesson on New Hampshire's first state-wide virtual high school. |
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We check in with first-term Congressman Paul Hodes. Find out his thoughts on the economy, the war and presidential politics. We check in with first-term Congressman Paul Hodes. The Democrat from the 2nd district talks about the economy, the war and presidential politics. |
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What lessons New Hampshire can learn from the expansion of gambling in the state of Maine? |
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NH's education commissioner on funding, charter schools and reducing the drop out rate. |
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A lesson in virtual learning. Meet a New Hampshire high school student who left the classroom and is taking classes in her own home. |
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Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Is Expanded gambling in the cards for New Hampshire? With the state facing a need for more revenue to offset a looming deficit and greater educational costs, a number of lawmakers are calling for expanded gambling in New Hampshire. Some point to the "racino" - a race track with slot machines - in Bangor, Maine as an example for New Hampshire. Outlook’s Richard Ager traveled to Maine to find out how the racino is working out for the citizens who voted for it. |
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One bill currently before the New Hampshire legislature calls for slot machines at Rockingham Park in Salem and the north country grand hotels. It is currently held up in the Senate, but as budget pressures increase, that proposal could get a new look. |
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Educating New Hampshire kids with limited resources. |
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A plan to overhaul how the state pays for school funding cleared another hurdle at the State House this past week. The House gave preliminary approval to a bill that would call for the state to contribute a base amount of nearly 35-hundred dollars per pupil. The bill now moves to the House Finance Committee for more study. Clearly there is no simple solution to the education funding debate as Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy knows, all too well. I sat down with him recently to get his views on funding, the new drop out age, and the national education agenda. |
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In other education news-- The state House has voted for legislation to help school districts pay for start-up costs for adding public kindergarten. The bill impacts 11 school districts. It would give them more time to start kindergarten. The bill now goes to the House Finance Committee. |
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Find out about New Hampshire's first state-wide virtual high school. |
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Students learn in many ways, some excel in the traditional classroom while others perform better in non-traditional environments. Outlook's Phil Vaughn introduces us to a teenager from Farmington who left school and found an alternative way to learn from home. |
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Home video of Chelsea at home studying on a computer N1- This is home video of seventeen-year-old Chelsea Punty. She's a student and this is her classroom. Chelsea 1500 - Phil - "What kind of a student are you? - and you can brag. I get A's and B's usually nothing below a B." N2- Chelsea is in her Junior year at Farmington High School. Chelsea 1448 - "I like going to school. I take college prep courses." N3 - The problem is Chelsea hasn't been to school much this year. Chelsea 1600 - "I suffer from chronic pain from a surgery I had. I have gastro-intestinal problems. I had that since I was born and had surgery in 2005. I've been really sick ever since." Home video going to doctor's office - sound Toni 3110 - "Mondays she's at the doctors a lot. She's in Boston and Manchester a lot." N4- Toni Punty says her daughter has missed a lot of school. So much, in fact that she's failed to meet the required number of in-class hours. Toni 2725 - Phil- "How did Chelsea react about missing school? Very upset and disappointed." Chelsea 1650 - Phil - "What started happening to your grades? They got rid of them. I got half way through the school year and I have to start all over again." N5- Still sick but determined not to fall behind her class, Chelsea takes all of her courses at home. Chelsea 1915 - "It feels like the same except there's not a teacher right in front of you." N6- Chelsea is now a student at the Virtual Learning Academy Charter School run out of Exeter. It's an on-line classroom, with real teachers. Toni 3125 - "It provides her flexibility." N7- While other students are on their way to school, Chelsea is already there. She logs on and opens up the day's assignments. Chelsea 1840 - Phil - "You receive an assignment and work through the assignment at your own pace? Yes. There are different levels of pace based on how many assignments you do a week and how long you work on it during the week." Steve 3455 - "One of the things we stole from another virtual school is any time, any place, any pace." N7- Steve Kossakoski and Skip Hanson are the brains behind the Virtual Academy. Hanson is Superintendent of SAU 16 in Exeter. Kossakoski is his assistant. The school went online in January and the doors are open to all NH students. Steve 3615 - "Anyone who's a citizen of the state receives free tuition." N8- For courses ranging from World History to Advanced math and sciences. Chelsea is in class six and half hours a day. Chelsea 2048 - "American government, Modern History, English, Spanish, Economics." N9- Forty-three teachers are on the other side of the screens providing lessons, instructions and answering questions. Steve 3830 - "There's an asynchronous and a synchronous part to this. The asynchronous means that the student may send an email and within a few hours receive a response. So if the student is working in the morning and the teacher has office hours in the afternoon they may receive that email back at a later time. There are other times when the teacher will schedule office hours and the students know that between 6-8 they can get a hold of their teacher." Jaci 45:14 - Phil -"What is your day job? I'm the personal family liaison for SAU 16." N10 - Jaci Jones is also a certified teacher with the Academy. Jaci 45:22 - "I do this in the evenings but I'm also a morning person so I like to get up and do about 45 minutes in the morning hours which is when I answer e-mails." N11 - Jones received her Master's Degree on-line from the University of Phoenix. Jaci 46:40/47:28 - "And I really loved it because I could get my work done at my schedule. Phil - And these are all the same assignments they would get in a traditional classroom? Yes, and the thing is, they can't sit in the back of the classroom and not ask a question, they have to e-mail me and check, you know, if they are having a problem they have to e-mail me and we can talk about it and figure out what just their problem is." Chelsea 2025 - Phil - "Do you think you learn as much this way as you do in the classroom? No. I think you learn more in the class. In class they go a little more in detail with things." N12 - There does, however, seem to be a demand for on-line learning. Six hundred students are currently enrolled at the Academy. Kossakoski expects that number to grow to 2,500 over the next year. Steve 3908 - "We have students who want remediation, they've failed a course. We have students who want to accelerate and take a course in fewer weeks than they might in a traditional environment. And we have students who have left school and are coming back on a part-time basis." N13 - The Academy receives funding from the State Educational Trust Fund - only for the students who c omplete their courses. Steve 4415 - "The money for full time student is just over $3,600 at this point." N14 - The average cost for the traditional classroom student in NH is nearly ten thousand dollars a year. Steve 4517 - "To me the strongest model is going to be a partnership between the traditional school and online learning. The reason for that is they both have their strengths - the face-to-face social aspects are an important piece of learning but the flexibility of online learning is powerful as well so when you blend the two strengths you have the best model." Chelsea 2202 - Phil -"If you didn't have this what would happen? I would not graduate next year. Probably not graduate in the next two years." N15 - Chelsea's goal is to return to Farmington High for her senior year. For NH Outlook, I'm Phil Vaughn. |
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Registration for the fall semester at The Virtual Learning Academy Charter School has already begun. For more information on the Academy, log on to our website at www.nhptv.org/outlook. |
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That does it for us. Thanks for watching New Hampshire Outlook. I'm Beth Carroll. I'll see you next time. |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/20/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 9:00 Now on NH Outlook: Lessons New Hampshire can learn from the expansion of gambling in the state of Maine. Plus, NH's education commissioner on funding, charter schools and reducing the drop out rate. And later, meet a New Hampshire high school student who left the classroom and is taking her classes at home. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Is Expanded gambling in the cards for New Hampshire? With the state facing a need for more revenue to offset a looming deficit and greater educational costs, a number of lawmakers are calling for expanded gambling in New Hampshire. Some point to the "racino" - a race track with slot machines in Bangor, Maine as an example for New Hampshire. Outlook’s Richard Ager traveled to Maine to find out how the racino is working out for the citizens who voted for it. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Amy Kenney\Hollywood Slots, Frank Farrington\Bangor City Councilor, Mike Peters\Racino Opponent, Rod McKay\Bangor Economic Development Director, Guy Cousins\Maine Office of Substance Abuse, Robert Welch\Chair, Maine Gambling Control Board |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/20/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 9:00 Now on NH Outlook: Lessons New Hampshire can learn from the expansion of gambling in the state of Maine. Plus, NH's education commissioner on funding, charter schools and reducing the drop out rate. And later, meet a New Hampshire high school student who left the classroom and is taking her classes at home. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Is Expanded gambling in the cards for New Hampshire? With the state facing a need for more revenue to offset a looming deficit and greater educational costs, a number of lawmakers are calling for expanded gambling in New Hampshire. Some point to the "racino" - a race track with slot machines in Bangor, Maine as an example for New Hampshire. Outlook’s Richard Ager traveled to Maine to find out how the racino is working out for the citizens who voted for it. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Amy Kenney\Hollywood Slots, Frank Farrington\Bangor City Councilor, Mike Peters\Racino Opponent, Rod McKay\Bangor Economic Development Director, Guy Cousins\Maine Office of Substance Abuse, Robert Welch\Chair, Maine Gambling Control Board |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/20/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 9:00 Now on NH Outlook: Lessons New Hampshire can learn from the expansion of gambling in the state of Maine. Plus, NH's education commissioner on funding, charter schools and reducing the drop out rate. And later, meet a New Hampshire high school student who left the classroom and is taking her classes at home. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. A plan to overhaul how the state pays for school funding cleared another hurdle at the State House this past week. The House gave preliminary approval to a bill that would call for the state to contribute a base amount of nearly thirty-five-hundred dollars per pupil. The bill now moves to the House Finance Committee for more study. Clearly there is no simple solution to the education funding debate as Education Commissioner Lyonel Tracy knows, all too well. I sat down with him recently to get his views on funding, the new drop out age, and the national education agenda. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Beth Carroll NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Lyonel Tracy\NH Education Commissioner, Beth Carroll\NH Outlook |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 4/20/2008 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 6:30 Now on NH Outlook: Lessons New Hampshire can learn from the expansion of gambling in the state of Maine. Plus, NH's education commissioner on funding, charter schools and reducing the drop out rate. And later, meet a New Hampshire high school student who left the classroom and is taking her classes at home. Hello, I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to New Hampshire Outlook. Students learn in many ways, some excel in the traditional classroom while others perform better in non-traditional environments. Outlook's Phil Vaughn introduces us to a teenager from Farmington who left school and found an alternative way to learn from home. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Phil Vaughn NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Chelsea Punty\Student, Toni Punty\Chelsea's Mother, Steve Kossakoski\CEO, Virtual Learning Academy, Jaci Jones\Teacher |