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Vermont schools are on the slide
Dear Editor, For years, the reassuring answer to worry about Vermont’s schools has been a comparison: Vermont scores above the national average. That was true for decades. This year it survives on one...
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Vermont’s public schools could benefit from a new federal school choice tax...
Students outside of the Westford School in April 2025. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont may soon opt into a federal school choice tax credit program that would allow parents to make tax...
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Parents feel ‘blindsided’ by Washington Central school district’s grade...
Worcester residents at Doty Memorial School in June 2024. File photo by Ethan Weinstein/VTDigger Several grades in the Washington Central Unified Union School District would be moved to schools in...
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Margaret MacLean: Protect rural Vermont by supporting rural schools and their...
This commentary is by Margaret MacLean of Peacham. She is an educator and a steering committee member of the Rural School Community Alliance. While it’s summer and classrooms are quiet, school board...
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Two members, including chair, resign from the Commission on the Future of...
Nicole Mace, seen in 2019, when she was the outgoing executive director of the Vermont School Boards Association, speaking at a Vermont Board of Education meeting. Last week, she resigned from her...
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As lawmakers negotiate over education reform, the year-old Commission on the...
Rep. Peter Conlon, D-Cornwall, reads along as House and Senate members of the education reform bill conference committee meet at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Thursday, June 12. Photo by Glenn...
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Vermont Senate passes landmark education bill after days of debate and...
Sen. Andrew Perchlik, D/P-Washington, rests his head in his hands while listening to debate on the Senate floor at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, May 23. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerUpdated...
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Friends of Vermont Public Education: One field, one set of rules
This commentary is by the board of directors of Friends of Vermont Public Education: Geo Honigford, Ken Fredette, Krista Huling, Greg Hughes, Adrienne Raymond, Kim Gleason and Neil Odell.Fairness is a...
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Sen. Kesha Ram Hinsdale: Getting education off the partisan battlefield
This commentary is by Kesha Ram Hinsdale. She is a Democrat representing Chittenden Southeast in the Vermont Senate, where she is the majority leader and a member of the Senate Education...
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Rep. Kate McCann: The state of public education
This commentary is by Kate McCann of Montpelier. She is a Democratic representing the Washington-4 district in the Vermont House of Representatives.In recent years, we have faced unprecedented...
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Rep. Jay Hooper: Save public ed, if we aren’t too late
This commentary is by Rep. Jay Hooper, a democrat representing the Orange-Washington-Addison district in the Vermont House of Representatives.Urgent memorandum to Vermont Democrats writ large; we need...
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Vermont commission on public education shies away from offering cost-saving...
The Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont meets on Sept. 9, 2024. ScreenshotThe Commission on the Future of Public Education in Vermont approved its preliminary findings on Monday...
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Daniel A. Morris: An open letter to the Vermont Agency of Education
This commentary is by Daniel A. Morris of Northfield. He is the chair of Central Vermont Supervisory Union and the vice chair of Paine Mountain School District. He teaches philosophy at Norwich...
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Ken Fredette: Stay informed about Vermont public education
This commentary is by Ken Fredette of Wallingford. He is a member of the steering committee for Friends of Vermont Public Education.In early spring this year a small group of longtime school board...
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Report says Vermont is spending at least $400M more than needed on education,...
Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerUpdated at 5:04 p.m.A new report issued Tuesday by third-party consultants says that as of last year, Vermont was spending $400 million to $460 million more on its...
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Seeking an appropriate education, Vermont families battle lawyers, the...
Chris and Pallas Ziporyn with their sons at their home in South Burlington on Monday, June 10. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDiggerIf anyone could navigate Vermont’s special education system, it was Chris...
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Letter to the editor: Who is being shortchanged?
Vermont is now officially the second most expensive state in terms of educating kids in public schools. We spend very close to $25,000 per kid per year. Most measurements on student proficiency are...
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Vermont Agency of Education reaches settlement with religious schools
Dan French, secretary of the Agency of Education, speaks at a Covid-19 press conference in September 2021. Photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Vermont’s Agency of Education reached a final settlement in...
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Vermont’s top education official says school districts cannot deny tuition to...
Dan French, secretary of the Vermont Agency of Education, speaks during a Covid-19 press conference in September 2021. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Vermont’s top education official has told...
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Effort to put guardrails on public money in religious schools faces uncertain...
Rep. Kate Webb, D-Shelburne, reads along during a conference committee between the House and Senate education committees at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Friday, May 17, 2019. Photo by Glenn...
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