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New Hampshire is considering new school standards that would give more flexibility to school districts in the way they educate children.

In the Monadnock region, a large federally-funded experiment is already exploring different ways of teaching middle and high school students.

Parents and students have approved of many of the innovations, but others question whether the projects can be sustained in the long run.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Amy Quinton reports.

Over the last few months, several hundred African refugees were resettled in Manchester. We'll take a look at who they are, the challenges they face, and how the city is handling this new and very different population. Laura is joined by Robert Baines, Mayor of Manchester, Dr. Westy Egmont, executive director of the International Institute of Boston, and Beatrice Munyenyezi, a Manchester resident who was a refugee from Rwanda. Ms. Munyenyezi now works at the Manchester Housing Authority.

It turns out that many animals have not only much better night vision that we do, but many also see more colors than we do. Birds, in particular, experience their surroundings on a totally different level.

For decades, local collectors clubs have met in church basements or living rooms to trade secrets on the objects of their affection.

But groups like the Belknap Button Collectors and the Nashua Coin Club are finding the once popular medium for collecting has become about as common as an 1878 Morgan silver dollar.

NHPR?s Kerry Grens has more on the struggle to keep the dying breed of local collectors clubs alive?

Despite violence and uncertainty in the Middle East, the first nationwide Iraqi elections since Saddam Hussein lost power are on track to take place on January 30th. We'll look at what is expected to happen as well as where Iraq goes from here. Laura's guest is Phil Walker, Attorney at Law and consultant on international law matters. Walker was technical legal expert for a team that went into Iraq in 2003 to assess prospects for elections.