NH Impact
Concord Monitor: Opportunity for All: Politics, money and the state’s education funding conundrum
The Concord Monitor reports on the state's Commission to Study School Funding and its collaboration with the Carsey School of Public Policy in an effort to reform how New Hampshire pays for public schooling. Laura Kiernan reports on Carsey's work with Washington, D.C.-based American Institutes for... Read MoreAlso in UNH Today...
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08/07/20NH Union Leader: Ethan Underhill: Deepening connection and understanding across New Hampshire's urban/rural divide
Ethan Underhill, NH State Director for Urban Rural (UR) Action, writes an op-ed on UR Action and NH Listens' new collaborative project, titled... -
08/03/20Boston 25 News: Covid ‘baby bust’ Expected with Half a Million Fewer Births Next Year
Kenneth Johnson, senior demographer with the Carsey School, says birth rates had been drifting down for years and then went off a cliff during the... -
07/31/20NH Business Review: State Still Struggling for School-funding Solution
The Commission to Study School Funding – established by the NH Legislature last year – has contracted with the Carsey School of Public Policy to find... -
07/31/20Daily Mail: The Covid Baby Bust
Ken Johnson, senior demographer at the Carsey School, was recently interviewed by The Daily Mail regarding the diminishing U.S. birth rate. "Survey...
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07/22/20 - Improving STEM EducationUNH will lead a master teacher program to support STEM education in Manchester, Nashua and Rochester schools. Read More -
07/21/20 - NH Public Radio: Why Younger People Are Moving to NH and StayingKristine Bundschuh, researcher at the Carsey school, recently joined NHPR's Morning Edition Host Rick Ganley to discuss her research on migration patterns to New Hampshire. She co... Read More -
07/16/20 - Concord Monitor: Teachers Work to Broaden History ClassesAfter participating in a book discussion led by NH Listens, a group of public school teachers are working to broaden history lessons. Kyra Dulmage is part of a fifth-grade team... Read More -
07/09/20 - With COVID-19 Quarantine, Going Online Brings New Opportunities for NH ListensThe New Hampshire Listens team. From top left clockwise, Bruce Mallory, co-founder and senior advisor; Carrie Portrie, program manager; Michele Holt-Shannon, co-founder and... Read More -
07/07/20 - The Keene Sentinel: Fairness in EducationTwenty-five school districts and the state School Boards Association have joined forces in the latest education financing lawsuit and asked the state Supreme Court to set a... Read More -
07/02/20 - Concord Monitor: The Quest for Fairness in Education FundingTwenty-five school districts and the state School Boards Association have joined forces in the latest education financing lawsuit and asked the state Supreme Court to set a... Read More -
07/02/20 - Innovation ImpactA new report ranks UNH sixth among midsized universities at turning research funding into economic impact. Read More -
06/30/20 - NH Business Review: Political Divide Could Complicate NH's Pandemic ResponseAccording to research conducted earlier this year by Lawrence Hamilton, professor and senior fellow at the Carsey School, Granite Staters are more likely to trust scientists than... Read More -
06/17/20 - Pine River Times: Poverty Rates Affect Census ReportingAccording to a report published by the Carsey School, studies over the past 50 years have shown that higher poverty rates in rural areas are linked to U.S. Census undercounts.... Read More -
06/16/20 - Finding 400 SeatsOn June 11, for the first time since the Civil War, the NH House of Representatives met outside of the State House, holding its session at UNH’s Whittemore Center, one of the few... Read More